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First report of a Demodex sp. in raccoons (Procyon lotor)
A N Hamir1, D E Snyder, C A Hanlon
1Laboratory of Large Animal Pathology, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, Kennett Square 19348.
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
Demodex spp. mites were seen in skin sections of 5 of 53 raccoons (Procyon lotor) necropsied on Parramore Island, Virginia (USA). In all infections, mites were present in the skin over the lower legs; in one raccoon they also were located in a follicle of a vibrissa. None of the raccoons had Demodex-related gross lesions. Histopathologically, minimal lesions were seen in the affected follicles. This is the first documentation of Demodex spp. in raccoons.