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====''Knemidocoptes''====
 
====''Knemidocoptes''====
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*Only genus of burrowing mites which occur on avian species
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*Life cycle similar to ''Sarcoptes spp.''
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*Diagnosis based on clinical signs and discovery of mites
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*Repeat treatments with [[Ectoparasiticides|acaricides]] needed
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**Few products licensed for use in poultry
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'''Recognition'''
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*Small, round mite
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*Short legs
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*U-shaped chitinous bar behind head
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*Terminal anus
    
*'''K. mutans'''
 
*'''K. mutans'''
 
**Scaly leg in poultry
 
**Scaly leg in poultry
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**Mites burrow beneath leg scales causing them to loosen and rise
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**Ragged appearance to legs and feet
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**Distorted claws and feet
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**Infected birds are usually lame
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*''K. gallinae''
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**Depluming itch in poultry
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**Burrow into feather shafts
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**Intense pain and pruritis
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**Birds pull out body feathers
    
*'''K. pilae'''
 
*'''K. pilae'''
**Scaly leg in psittacines
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**Scaly face and beak in psittacines
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**Mites attack bare or lightly feather areas of the face, beak, cere and body
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**Scaliness at the base of the beak is the first sign which then spreads
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**Little pruritis
    
===''Trixacarus''===
 
===''Trixacarus''===
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