| under the lash: demodex mites in human diseases. | demodex mites, class arachnida and subclass acarina, are elongated mites with clear cephalothorax and abdomens, the former with four pairs of legs. there are more than 100 species of demodex mite, many of which are obligatory commensals of the pilosebaceous unit of mammals including cats, dogs, sheep, cattle, pigs, goats, deer, bats, hamsters, rats and mice. among them, demodex canis, which is found ubiquitously in dogs, is the most documented and investigated. in excessive numbers d. canis caus ... | 2009 | 20664811 |
| louse and mite infestation in domestic animals in northern nigeria. | records of domestic animals brought to the veterinary entomology laboratory for diagnosis of suspected lice and mite infestation over a 10 year period were analysed. from a total of 794 suspected cases, 137 (17.3%) and 247 (31.1%) were positive for lice and mange mites respectively. the most common lice species recorded were linognathus vituli (66.7%) on cattle, l. ovillus (83.3%) on sheep, haematopinus suis (100%) on pigs and menacanthus stramineus (54.5%) on poultry. other lice species recorde ... | 1992 | 1305335 |