Ectoparasites like demodex or scabies can cause skin lesions and itching.
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Things as simple as moving the cage, introducing a new guinea pig, an upper respiratory infection, and even
ectoparasites like lice can stress your guinea pig out enough so that he doesn't eat and develops ileus.
It is important to do a skin scraping in many cases of ALD because the symptoms and lesions commonly mimic those of
ectoparasites like demodexor scabies.
Not exact matches
«From a virus's perspective, an
ectoparasite is
like Uber.
However, it is well known that
ectoparasites transmit disease, says the Wisconsin epidemiologist, noting that things
like ticks and fleas harbor important pathogens
like typhus, bubonic plague, Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
Similarly, many
ectoparasites,
like scabies, tics and botfly also lead to clusters of round shapes on the skin.
The BTHG would
like to thank Merial Animal Health Ltd, the makers of Frontline, for giving permission to use photographs from their publication «Under the Microscope — A Guide to Canine & Feline
Ectoparasites».
Other causes include arthritis, skin tumors, inflamed nerves, fungal infections,
ectoparasites, and psychological factors
like boredom and stress.