Difference between revisions of "Psoroptes cuniculi"

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-'''Pathogenesis'''
-*The ears are painful and intensely pruritic
-*Affected rabbits shake their heads and scratch their ears
-*The inner surfaces of the pinnae are covered with brown, scaly, fetid material, and the skin beneath is raw
-*Mites are grossly visible
-*Histologically, there is chronic erosive and proliferative eosinophilic dermatitis
-**The mites are non-burrowing and thus are found only in the exudate, not in the tissue
-'''Diagnosis'''
-*Microscopic examination for mites (low magnification)
-*Appearance
-'''Control'''
-*Infestations are difficult to eliminate from a colony
-**Ivermectin is usually effective
 [[Category:Rabbit]]
 [[Category:To_Do_-_Max]]