Sentences with phrase «which type of mite»

The symptoms of mange depend on which type of mite is present.

Only your veterinarian, examining a skin scraping under a microscope, can help you determine which type of mite is infecting your dog.

Not exact matches

This must be done with cages in the store as well as at home, and it is best to replace these types of perches more often to avoid health issues such as the transmission of scaly mites, which are seen most often in the smaller birds such as canaries and parakeets.

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.

One theory regards the cause to be a defect in t - lymphocytes (a type of white blood cell) which respond to an immunosuppressive substance produced by the mites, resulting in a dog whose immune system can not get rid of the mites.