WHAT OTHER SKIN PARASITE ATTACK DOGS

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Cheyletiella yasguri or "walking dandruff" is a white mite that with it's eggs give the appearance of extensive dandruff, though on close observation with a magnifying glass you can see that this dandruff is moving. The Trichodectes canis or biting lice feeds mainly on skin debris. Linognathus setosus or common dog louse sucks the dogs blood. Trombicula autumnalis or the harvest mite and the Eutrombicula alfreddugesi or the North American chigger are parasitic larvae which attach themselves to thin-skinned regions as the dog walks through vegetation. Calliphorid flies or blow-flies may lay their eggs in open wounds or in the soiled coat of an ill or elderly animal.