Maaike Pietzsch

Health Protection Practitioner, Public Health England South East, Thames Valley PHEC, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0RQ

Ectoparasites in captive reptiles

With most species of mites dwelling on the skin surface, heavy infestations are seldom found in wild reptile specimens because the ecdysis process (skin shedding) provides sporadic removal of the mite...