What do Demodex mites look like & where do you find them ?
Demodex canis is an acarid specific to dogs and cannot infest other mammals such as cats or humans. Demodex cati and Demodex gatoi are specific to cats.
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What does it look like ? |
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| Eggs |
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| Larvae |
- They are not easily visible on a skin scraping.
- In the hair follicles
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- The same general shape, but a shorter abdomen and six-footed
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| Nymphs (protonymphs deutonymphs) |
- The deutonymphs leave the follicle with the sebum and start spreading to other hair follicles
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- The same general shape, but a shorter abdomen
- Metamorphose into six-footed to eight-footed
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| Adults (male and female) | - In the hair follicles and also in the sebaceous glands.
| - Worm-shaped body, with atrophied legs, grouped into the front part of the body.
- The females measure 250 x 40 µm and males 150 µm.
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