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Table 3:1: Identification of the principal mites involved in feline skin diseases.

(Techniąues diagnostiques en dermatologie des camivores, Bourdeau P.

(editor Guaguere E.) pp 43-58 (PMCAC Editions, Paris 1991)

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Notoedres cati

Figurę 3: a: Notoedres cati (adult) (x400) (courtesy of P. Bourdeau)

Cat (very rare), dog (extremely rare). Found in the epidermis.

Roundish shape 200-240 mm.

Short rostrum (square) - very short legs with suckers on long pedicels. Dorsal anus.

Dorsally, 4-6 pairs of thick bristles; concentric cuticular ridges, rounded scales arranged transversely.

Sarcoptes scabiei var canis

Figurę 3 : b: Sarcoptes scabiei var. canis (adult) (x400)

Cat (extremely rare), dog. Found in the epidermis.

Oval-shaped 300-500 mm

Short rostrum (square) - very short legs with suckers on long pedicels (legs 1 and 2 in the małe and legs 1,2 and 4 in the female)

Terminal anus.

Dorsally: 1 shield, 3 + 7 pairs of spiny bristles shaped like carpet tacks; Triangular scales arranged transversely

Otodectes cynotis

Figurę 3 : c: Otodectes cynotis (copulating males and nymphs) (x40)

Figurę 3 : d: Otodectes cynotis (adult female) x 100

Cat and dog (very common). Found in the ear canal (rarely on the skin surface).

Oval-shaped 450-630 mm.

Short rostrum (pointed) - long legs with subsessile suckers.

Males have poorly developed abdominal lobes with filiform bristles. Females (often egg bearing) have a fourth pair of short legs (females appear to have only 3 pairs of legs); males and nymphs frequently seen joined together

Eggs sometimes seen alone (elongated ovoid shape containing the larva on which can the pointed rostrum and long legs can already be madę out).