Demodex injai: A New Species of Hair Follicle Mite (Acari: Demodecidae) from the Domestic Dog (Canidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 146-149

  Desch, Clifford E ^a   Hillier, Andrew ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acari; Demodecidae; Domestic dog; Ectoparasite; Mite

Indexed keywords

ACARI; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; DEMODEX; DEMODEX CANIS; DEMODEX INJAI;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; HAIR; HISTOLOGY; INFESTATION; MITE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; SKIN;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HAIR; MITE INFESTATIONS; MITES; SKIN;

EID: 0037686104     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-40.2.146     Document Type: Article

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