. Diseases of the dog and their treatment. 1:100. Fig. 168. Fig. 169. Fig. 170. —Development of the acarus folliculorum: Egg; six-legged larva; eight-legged larva, anddeveloped larva. Fig. 169.—Acarus folliculorum greatly magnified. Fig. 170.—Hair-follicle invaded by demodectes folliculorum. follicles. It differs from sarcoptic mange in that it is rarely itchy, andif so, only very slightly. Description of the Acarus.—This parasite is about mm. inlength and about mm. in breadth, elongated, lanceolate, with a 470 DISEASES OF THE SKIN lyre or horseshoe head, provided with a broa
. Diseases of the dog and their treatment. 1:100. Fig. 168. Fig. 169. Fig. 170. —Development of the acarus folliculorum: Egg; six-legged larva; eight-legged larva, anddeveloped larva. Fig. 169.—Acarus folliculorum greatly magnified. Fig. 170.—Hair-follicle invaded by demodectes folliculorum. follicles. It differs from sarcoptic mange in that it is rarely itchy, andif so, only very slightly. Description of the Acarus.—This parasite is about mm. inlength and about mm. in breadth, elongated, lanceolate, with a 470 DISEASES OF THE SKIN lyre or horseshoe head, provided with a broad, scissors-like masticatoryapparatus, a mobile anterior trunk, arul three articulated tentacles(Fig. IGy), It has an oblong or worm-shaped, wrinkled abdomen, witheight triple-jointed, clawy, thick, short feet attached to the elongated oval larvae have only six legs (Fig. 168). The eggs arespindle-shaped, and the larvae escape from the eggs, almost fully devel-oped. The exception is that the newly born larvse have only
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