MORPHOLOGY
ZOONOTIC
Elongate body
tapering anteroposteriorly with 4
pairs
of stumpy legs.
Yes
PREDILECTION
SITE
hair follicles and
sebaceous glands
SIGNS AND
SYMPTOMS
hair loss on the
face, fore limbs
followed by skin
thickening
DIAGNOSIS
TYPES
Skin scraping
History
Clinical signs
Squamous
demodicosis
Pustular or
follicular
demodicosis
Squamous demodicosis
A less serious condition .A dry reaction, with little or no erythema, but widespread alopecia, desquamation and thickening of the
skin.
Pustular or follicular demodicosis
A severe form usually as a result of bacterial invasion of the lesion (particularly pyogenic bacteria. The skin becomes thickened
with small pustules from which serum, pus and blood ooze. This type of mange is referred to as red mange. Affected dogs have
an offensive odour.