Nothrus mite as a potential cause of exacerbation of pruritus in a cat.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Morphological and molecular approaches were used to identify arthropods associated with feline pruritus. The literature associated with the arthropod genus identified was reviewed.

Methods

On two occasions (summer 2020 and summer 2021), the owner of a cat with seasonal pruritus (commenced 2020) found the cat's bed was substantially infested with arthropods suspected of being associated with exacerbated pruritus. The pruritus was largely itching and hair loss, particularly on the abdomen, and flaking skin patches. On the second occasion (2021), examples of the arthropods were sent to the parasitology laboratory at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences for identification. They were examined by stereomicroscopy and tentatively identified based on morphology. DNA

SUBMITTER: Kifleyohannes T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10176559 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature