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- Demodex Canis
- -Reside in hair follicles
- -Cause hair loss and skin infection
- -Localized and Generalized
- -Local=slight hair loss on face and forelimbs, self-limiting and often doesn't require treatment
- -General=hair loss and thickening of skin around affected areas, bacterial skin lesions, only occurs if host has deficiency of immune system
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- Trichuris (Whipworm)
- -Nematode
- -type of roundworm
- -Symptoms may include diarrhea, anemia, and dehydration
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- Toxocara (Roundworm)
- -Nematode
- -found in almost any tissue
- -In adult dogs, the infection is usually asymptomatic
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- Ancylostoma (Hookworm)
- -Nematode
- -Type of roundworm
- -They fasten their mouth parts onto the mucosa of the small intestines and suck blood and tissue fluids from the host
- -This can result in severe blood loss and malnutrition
- -Signs of illness include bloody, wine-dark, or tar-black diarrhea
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- Sarcoptes Scabiei (Scabies)
- -Small round mite
- -causes mange
- -burrow into skin to lay eggs
- -causes extreme itching
- -very contagious
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- Taenia (Tapeworm)
- -Cestode
- -segmented flatworm
- -body segments can be seen around anus
- -rarely cause serious disease
- -clinical signs, if present, depend on
- degree of infection, age, condition, and breed of host.
- -Clinical signs vary from irritability, capricious appetite, and shaggy coat to colic and mild diarrhea
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- Dirofilaria (Heartworm)
- -Nematode
- -parasite of pulmonary artery and right ventricle
- -larvae transmitted through mosquitoes
- -found in dogs and cats (though not common in cats)
- -can cause lung damage, blockage in heart, kidney damage, and death
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