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2. Mange - Wikipedia

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   Mange (/ ˈ m eɪ n dʒ /) is a type of skin disease caused by parasitic mites. [1] Because various species of mites also infect plants, birds and reptiles, the term "mange", or colloquially "the mange", suggesting poor condition of the skin and fur due to the infection, is sometimes reserved for pathological mite-infestation of nonhuman mammals.

3. Notoedric mange - Wikipedia

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   Notoedric mange, also referred to as Feline scabies, is a highly contagious skin infestation caused by an ectoparasitic and skin burrowing mite Notoedres cati (Acarina, Sarcoptidae). N. cati is primarily a parasite of felids, but it can also infest rodents, lagomorphs, and occasionally also dogs and foxes. This skin disease also has zoonotic ...

4. Cat skin disorders - Wikipedia

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   An important infectious skin disease of cats is ringworm, or dermatophytosis.Other cat skin infections include parasitic diseases like mange and lice infestations.. Other ectoparasites, including fleas and ticks, are not considered directly contagious but are acquired from an environment where other infested hosts have established the parasite's life cycle.

5. Mites of domestic animals - Wikipedia

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   Vernacular terms to describe diseases caused by mites include scab, mange, and scabies. Mites and ticks have substantially different biology from, and are classed separately from, insects (the class Insecta). Mites of domestic animals cause important types of skin disease, and some mites infest other organs. Diagnosis of mite infestations can ...

6. New virus that causes ‘staggering disease’ discovered in US ...

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   A disease which can kill cats, both domestic and wild, has been discovered for the first time in the US. ... rustrela virus-- related to the wider-known rubella virus which causes a skin rash in ...

7. Sarcoptes scabiei - Wikipedia

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   Sarcoptes is a genus of skin parasites, and part of the larger family of mites collectively known as "scab mites". They are also related to the scab mite Psoroptes, also a mite that infests the skin of domestic animals. Sarcoptic mange affects domestic animals and similar infestations in domestic fowls cause the disease known as "scaly leg".

8. What to Do When Your Cat Is in Heat (Without Overstepping ...

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   Whatever you do, don’t try to find a solution for a queen in heat. She’s in it. There’s no getting out of it until it ends. All you gotta do is treat your cat like a queen while she’s in heat.

9. Cats can get sick with bird flu. Here's how to protect them - AOL

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   Cats sick with bird flu might experience loss of appetite, lethargy and fever. If your cat is usually playful and likes to look out the window, but instead has been sleeping all the time or hiding ...