Parasitic Skin diseases
Animal Ectoparsites as :
1- Lice 2- Fleas 3- Ticks 4- Mites
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1- Lice : Large enough to be seen by naked eye and also their eggs .
2- Fleas : Large enough to be seen with naked eye , For identification animal may be dusted with insecticide , the fleas will be killed and fall off .
3- Ticks : Adult stages are located easily and can removed from host by hands .
4- Mites : Mites are far too small to be seen with naked eye and can only be diagnosed by skin scrapping and analysis under the microscope .
Parasites can cause and transmit many infectious diseases to your animal so caring about making your animal free from these parasites is very important .