Sentences with phrase «by tiny mites»

Both dogs and cats — and other mammals, too — can develop mange, an infestation caused by tiny mites that attach themselves to skin or hair follicles.

He may be suffering from demodectic mange, which is caused by a tiny mite called Demodex canis.

According to Johnson, this type of mange, which is not contagious to people or other animals, is caused by a tiny mite — demodex canis — that nearly all dogs acquire from their mothers during the first few days of life.

Not exact matches

But a tiny soil mite smaller than a pinhead has reevolved the ability to mate, according to a study by evolutionary geneticists Katja Domes of the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany, and Roy Norton of the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse.

Interestingly, neither are they infected by varroa mites — the tiny, immunity - weakening parasites rampant in American hives.

When males and females touched, fertilization occurred; when they were separated by a space three - fourths of an inch to one - and - a-half inches wide, it did not — unless mites and tiny arthropods called springtails were present to shuttle sperm between them.

The pair were both found to be suffering from Demodex mange, a treatable skin condition caused by a dermal infestation of tiny mites.

Otodectic mites tiny insects living in the ear canal and feeding by piercing the skin in the canal.

The tiny mites can be seen with magnification, either directly in the ear with an otoscope, or by examining a sample of the ear discharge under a microscope.

Other boils can be caused by a tiny parasitic mite called Demodex canis.

Mange is a condition caused by an infestation of a specific type of mite that is too tiny to be seen with the naked eye.

Because mites are hidden in hair follicles, which are nourished by capillaries, a tiny amount of bleeding occurs if the scraping is deep enough.

They are also detectable by the mess they make inside an infested animal's ear canal — a dark, gooey, foul - smelling accumulation of wax and mite debris in which the tiny critter thrives.

Mange Mange is a skin disease caused by several species of tiny mites, common external parasites found in companion canines.

The country's bee population had already been shocked in recent years by a tiny, parasitic bug called the varroa mite, which has destroyed more than half of some beekeepers» hives and devastated most wild honeybee populations.