Large-bodied Demodex mite infestation in 4 dogs

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 220, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 623-627

  Hillier, Andrew ^a   Desch, Clifford E ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DEMODEX;

INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; INFESTATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; SKIN; TROMBICULIDAE;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; INSECTICIDES; MALE; SKIN; TROMBICULIASIS; TROMBICULIDAE;

EID: 0036490930     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2002.220.623     Document Type: Article

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