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Demodex canis. Minor cases of demodectic mange usually do not cause much itching but might cause pustules, redness, scaling, leathery skin, hair loss, skin that is warm to the touch, or any combination of these. It most commonly appears first on the face, around the eyes, or at the corners of the mouth, and on the forelimbs and paws.
The natural host of D. canis is the domestic dog. Demodex canis mites can survive on immunosuppressed human skin and human mites can infect immunosuppressed dogs, although reported cases are rare. Ivermectin is used for Demodex mites requiring up to four treatments to eradicate in humans; only one treatment is usually given to dogs to reduce ...
Polynesian peoples often did not recognize Canis Minor as a constellation, but they saw Procyon as significant and often named it; in the Tuamotu Archipelago it was known as Hiro, meaning "twist as a thread of coconut fiber", and Kopu-nui-o-Hiro ("great paunch of Hiro"), which was either a name for the modern figure of Canis Minor or an ...
This was followed by an explosion of Canis evolution across Eurasia in the Early Pleistocene around 1.8 million YBP in what is commonly referred to as the wolf event. It is associated with the formation of the mammoth steppe and continental glaciation. Canis spread to Europe in the forms of C. arnensis, C. etruscus, and C. falconeri. [1]: p148
This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Canis Minor, sorted by decreasing brightness. Name B F Var HD HIP RA Dec vis. mag. abs. mag. Dist. Sp. class Notes
HD 66141 is a single [8] star in the equatorial constellation of Canis Minor.It has the Bayer designation G Canis Minoris, [6] the Gould designation 50 G. Canis Minoris, [7] and has the HR 3145 identifier from the Bright Star Catalogue. [6]
It was given its variable star designation, BC Canis Minoris, in 1975. [9] It is an aging red giant star currently on the asymptotic giant branch [5] with a stellar classification of M4/5III. [6] It is a semi-regular variable of subtype SRb [4] with measured pulsation periods of 27.7, 143.3 and 208.3 days, and an average visual magnitude of 6. ...
Microsporum canis is a pathogenic, asexual fungus in the phylum Ascomycota that infects the upper, dead layers of skin on domesticated cats, and occasionally dogs and humans. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The species has a worldwide distribution.