Head of ESCCAP UK & Ireland; Chair Professor of Interdisciplinary Parasitology, EBVS European Veterinary Specialist in Veterinary Parasitology, University of Nottingham, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, Sutton Bonington Campus, Leicestershire LE12 5RD
The life cycle of Sarcoptes mites occurs in the superficial (keratinaceous) layer of the animal's epidermis. Female mites create tiny burrows into the skin in which they lay eggs over a period of 2–3...
By far the most commonly seen on both dogs and cats is the ‘cat flea’ Ctenocephalides felis. On the other hand, the ‘dog flea’ Ctenocephalides canis is observed infrequently on dogs and rarely on...