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| | *Sarcoptidae | | *Sarcoptidae |
| | **[[Sarcoptes|''Sarcoptes'']] | | **[[Sarcoptes|''Sarcoptes'']] |
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| − | ====''Knemidocoptes''====
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| − | [[Image:Clinical Case 2 03.jpg|thumb|right|150px|''Knemidocoptes'' Mite under Light microscope (Courtesy of C. Antonczyk)]] | |
| − | [[Image:Clinical Case 2 01.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Chicken with Scaly Leg (Courtesy of C. Antonczyk)]]
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| − | *Only genus of burrowing mites which occurs on avian species
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| − | *Life cycle similar to ''Sarcoptes spp.''
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| − | *Diagnosis based on
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| − | **Clinical signs
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| − | **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
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| − | *''K. mutans''
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| − | **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 pruritus
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| − | **Birds pull out body feathers
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| − | *''K. pilae''
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| − | **Scaly face and beak in psittacines
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| − | **Mites attack bare or lightly feathered 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 pruritus
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| | + | [[Category:Parasites]][[Category:Mites]] |