Trixacarus caviae
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Guinea pig mange: infection with Trixacarus caviae |
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| Fain , Hovell & Hyatt , 1972 |
Trixacarus caviae is a parasitic in the skin of guinea pigs living mite . It feeds onits host's lymph and tissue fluid and causes guinea pig mange . The mite can temporarily colonize human skin andtriggera pseudo scabies .
features
Females are 190 × 145 µm, males 135 × 100 µm. As with all representatives of the genus Trixacarus , sticky stalks are only developed on the first two pairs of legs. The anus is dorsal and the female genital papilla is long and narrow.
literature
- Theodor Hiepe, Regine Ribbeck: Textbook of Parasitology. Volume 4: Veterinary arachno-entomology. Fischer-Verlag, Jena 1982, p. 165, ISBN 3-437-20252-9 .
- Wieland Beck, Nikola Pantchev: Parasitoses of the guinea pig . In: Practical Parasitology in Pets . Schlütersche Verlagsgesellschaft, Hanover 2006, pp. 35-60, ISBN 3-89993-017-7 .
- Alex Fain, GJR Hovell, KH Hyatt: A new sarcoptid mite producing mange in albino guinea pigs. In: Acta Zoologica et Pathologica Antverpiensia. Volume 56, 1972, pp. 73-81 (first description).