Entomology, Ornithology & Herpetology: Current Research
Open Access
ISSN: 2161-0983
ISSN: 2161-0983
Mai. A. Mohammed, M. M. Fahmy, Sahar. Z. Abd El- Mawgood and Nisreen. E . Mahmoud
Accepted Abstracts: Entomol Ornithol Herpetol
In Egypt, examination of the skin scraping samples collected from 944 dogs of different breed, sex and age revealed that, 134 dogs(14.2% ) were infected with mixed population of genus Demodex including three species ; ( D. canis , D. injai and D. cornei ) and unidentified Demodex species . Morphological description and comparison studies of these three species were provided for identification purpose. The study was based on light microscope and drawing by camera Lucida microscope. The morphological description of unidentified Demodex species which was collected from recurrent infected demodectic dogs showed resistance for treatment was also described . Further more ,Trials for experimental infection with Demodex species among dogs and laboratory animals was done . The transmission of three species of Demodex from naturally infected dogs to nine pups of different age was experimentally investigated and also by direct contact revealing that only two immune suppressive pups were found susceptible for Demodex infection. Keywords: Demodex species, Morphology and Experimental infection.