. Diseases of the dog and their treatment. Dogs. SABCOPTES SCABIEI COMMUNIS. 399 and sucks the blood, and is generally seen in setters or pointers, and dogs when working through the woods and underbrush be- come filled with them. Turpentine and petroleum will destroy them instantly. Leptus Autumnalis. This is what is known as a '' harvest bug," or acari. It is about 4 mm. in length, and is the red larva of thrombidium holoseri- ceum. While human beings are quite frequently affected with this parasite, it is only rarely found in the dog. Defrance and Friedberger have seen pustular inflamma
. Diseases of the dog and their treatment. Dogs. SABCOPTES SCABIEI COMMUNIS. 399 and sucks the blood, and is generally seen in setters or pointers, and dogs when working through the woods and underbrush be- come filled with them. Turpentine and petroleum will destroy them instantly. Leptus Autumnalis. This is what is known as a '' harvest bug," or acari. It is about 4 mm. in length, and is the red larva of thrombidium holoseri- ceum. While human beings are quite frequently affected with this parasite, it is only rarely found in the dog. Defrance and Friedberger have seen pustular inflammations of the skin of the dog produced by this parasite. The rash was very prominent on the abdomen and the inner fascia of the legs, and was healed quickly by an application of carbolic acid and glycerin, or carbolated cosmoline. Dermatophagus Canis. This is very rarely found in the dog, and is a parasite which affects the ear, producing otitis externa. For further details refer to Parasitic Otitis (page 381). The following parasites belong to the second group : Sarcoptes Scabiei Communis. [Sarcoptic Mange ; Scabies Sarcoptica.) Description of the Sarcoptes. This para- fig, oo. site is about to mm. broad and from to mm. long. It has a rounded, turtle-like shape and a horseshoe- shaped head, with well-developed club- shaped scissor-like jaws. It has short rudimentary feet, and tulip-shaped suction cups which are attached to the first, second, and fourth pairs of feet in the male, while in the female they are found in the first female sarcoptes of the dog, and second pairs only. In the back we magnified 75 times, giving the , „ 111 abdominal view. (Siedam- see a number or acorn-shaped scales or grotzky.) thorns, and four rows of lance-shaped scales on the upper surface of the back. The skin shows trans- verse folds and we find four elongated hairs on the posterior end of the body. (Fig. 90.). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page imag
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