Scanning electron microscopy description of a new species of Demodex cams spp.

Veterinary Dermatology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 275-278

  Tamura, Yukio ^a,c   Kawamura, Yoko ^a   Inoue, Isamu ^a   Ishino, Seishi ^b  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Demodex canis; Demodex mite; Demodicosis; Morphology; Short opisthosoma; Unidentified species

Indexed keywords

ACARI; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DEMODEX; DEMODEX CANIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; INFESTATION; JAPAN; MALE; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; JAPAN; MALE; MITE INFESTATIONS; MITES; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0035496614     PISSN: 09594493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0959-4493.2001.00258.x     Document Type: Article

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