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From: Demodex gatoi -associated contagious pruritic dermatosis in cats - a report from six households in Finland

Figure 2

Demodex gatoi mites as seen in a skin scraping under a light microscope. Figure 2a is a May-Grünwald-Giemsa-stained skin scraping showing an adult mite (on the left) and a nymphal stage (on the right). The flaky bluish material around the mites is keratin. 2b depicts unstained adult D. gatoi under a microscope equipped with differential interference contrast (DIC). The average length of a D. gatoi mite is 100 μm.

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Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

ISSN: 1751-0147