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  2. Mange - Wikipedia

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    Sarcoptic mange, also known as canine scabies, is a highly contagious infestation of Sarcoptes scabiei var. canis, a burrowing mite. The canine sarcoptic mite can also infest cats, pigs, horses, sheep, and various other species. The human analog of burrowing mite infection, due to a closely related species, is called scabies (the "seven-year ...

  3. Dog skin disorders - Wikipedia

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    A dog with skin irritation and hair loss on its leg caused by demodectic mange. Infectious skin diseases of dogs include contagious and non-contagious infections or infestations. Contagious infections include parasitic, bacterial, fungal and viral skin diseases. One of the most common contagious parasitic skin diseases is Sarcoptic mange (scabies).

  4. Scabies - Wikipedia

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    A street dog in Bali, Indonesia, with sarcoptic mange. Scabies may occur in some domestic and wild animals; the mites that cause these infestations are of different subspecies from the one typically causing the human form. [19] These subspecies can infest animals that are not their usual hosts, but such infections do not last long. [19]

  5. Sarcoptes scabiei - Wikipedia

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    The scabies mite Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis goes through four stages in its lifecycle: egg, larva, nymph, and adult. Upon infesting a human host, the adult female burrows into the stratum corneum (outermost layer of skin), where she deposits two or three eggs per day. These oval eggs are 0.1–0.15 mm (0.0039–0.0059 in) long and hatch as ...

  6. Here’s How to Tell If You Have Chigger Bites or Scabies - AOL

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    “Unlike chiggers, scabies is an infestation, meaning the scabies mite actually burrows under the top layer of one’s skin,” says dermatologist Adam Friedman, MD, professor and interim chair ...

  7. Mites of domestic animals - Wikipedia

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    Some dogs become heavily infested, likely because of an immune dysfunction. This results in severe inflammation of the epidermis with acanthosis. The skin may become so thickened that folds form, and bacterial infection of excessive sebaceous secretions may occur, producing an offensive smell. Demodicosis in cattle can occur as dense localized ...