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| − | **'''[[Sarcoptes|''Sarcoptes'']]
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| − | **'''[[Knemidocoptes|''Knemidocoptes'']]
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| − | ===''Notoedres''===
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| − | *Known as feline scabies
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| − | *Also common ectoparasite of tropical bats
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| − | *Parasite of cats, rats, man and rabbits
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| − | '''Recognition'''
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| − | *Similar to ''Sarcoptes''
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| − | *Less distinct angles on body surface
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| − | *Females have suckers on legs 1 and 2
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| − | *Females are about 225μm in length and males 150μm
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| − | *Anal opening is distinctly dorsal (not posterior)
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| − | '''Pathogenesis'''
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| − | *Infection begins on the ear tips and spreads over the body
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| − | *''Notoedres cati'' in [[Parasitic skin infections - Pathology#Notoedric mites|notoedric skin infestation]]
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| − | *Causes dermatitis
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| − | *Burrowing of females damages keratinocytes leading to cytokine release
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| − | *Hypersensitivity reaction may occur
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| − | '''Diagnosis'''
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| − | *Superficial skin scraping
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| − | *A single nest in a scraping may yield many mites
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