Mites that infest and parasitize domestic animals cause disease and loss of production. Mites are small invertebrates, most of which are free living but...

eyelash mites, alternatively face mites or skin mites. Different species of animals host different species of Demodex. Demodex canis lives on the domestic dog...

Mites are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods). Mites span two large orders of arachnids, the Acariformes and the Parasitiformes, which were historically...

Mites are small crawling animals related to ticks and spiders. Most mites are free-living and harmless. Other mites are parasitic, and those that infest...

caused by mites has been observed in wild bears. Since mites belong to the arachnid subclass Acari (also called Acarina), another term for mite infestation...

consists of many orders of mites and one tick order, the Ixodida. Some mites are parasitic, but all ticks are parasitic feeders. Ticks pierce the skin of their...

and then mature into adult mites. The adult mites live three to four weeks in the host's skin. The action of the mites moving within the skin and on...

The flour mite, Acarus siro, a pest of stored grains and animal feedstuffs, is one of many species of grain and flour mites. An older name for the species...

animals is usually called lamb. Sheep continue to be important for wool and meat today, and are also occasionally raised for pelts, as dairy animals,...

to the mites. Often, only between 10 and 15 mites are involved in an infection. Scabies is most often spread during a relatively long period of direct...

Typically, animals become infected through nursing from their mother. The transmission of these mites from mother to pup is normal (which is why the mites are...

a list of the fastest animals in the world, by types of animal. The peregrine falcon is the fastest bird, and the fastest member of the animal kingdom...

subgenus of mites in Trombicula of the family Trombiculidae.) It is the common chigger species of the United States, also sometimes called the harvest mite. Chiggers...

a domesticated descendant of the wolf. Also called the domestic dog, it was selectively bred from an extinct population of wolves during the Late Pleistocene...

of crops or the domestication of other animals. The dog is often hypothesised to be a classic example of a domestic animal that likely traveled a commensal...

disease to domestic animals, and transmit organisms that cause diseases. These infestations and infections cause distress to companion animals, and in livestock...

parasitic varroa mite. Organophosphate miticides Diatomaceous earth will also kill mites by disrupting their cuticles, which dries out the mites. Dicofol, a...

common and widespread domestic animals, with a total population of 26.5 billion as of 2023[update], and an annual production of more than 50 billion birds...

species. It is caused by mites in the genus Knemidokoptes which burrow into the bird's flesh. The tunnels made by the mites within the skin cause dermatitis...

For these animals, there is documented evidence of homosexual behavior of one or more of the following kinds: sex, courtship, affection, pair bonding,...

insects and mites. It is well known by a variety of brand names as a dip or wash, used on farm and domestic animals to control ticks, mites, flies and...

an infestation with mites. There are several complications with the terminology: Acariasis is a term for a rash, caused by mites, sometimes with a papillae...

microscopic identification of the mite, because there are a large number of mites present on the skin. Characteristic and systemic symptoms of Notoedric mange also...

behavior in animals, recent observations on animal behavior have given alternative reasons for the engagement in sexual activities by animals. Animals have been...

(Turkish: Ankara tavşanı), one of the most ancient groups of domestic rabbit breeds, which is bred for the long fibers of its coat, known as Angora wool...

and are also often carriers of other diseases or of internal parasites. Ear mites and other mites can cause skin problems such as mange. Ticks, fleas...

and roundworms parasites), the cat flea and mites in the domestic rabbit as well as the general health of birds, fish, degus, chinchillas, ferrets, gerbils...

products, and for leather. As draft animals, they pull carts and farm implements. In India, cattle are sacred animals within Hinduism, and may not be killed...

This is a list of North American animals extinct in the Holocene that covers extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geologic epoch that began about 11...

interpretation of the terms mean that written reports of albinistic animals can be difficult to verify. Albinism can reduce the survivability of an animal; for...