DEMODICOSIS (D-CANIS) IN THE DOG

Demodex canis is a physiological inhabitant of normal dog skin - mostl y it does not cause clinical alterations. Massive Demodex infestation however produced severe dermatitis (= demodicosis). Only dogs with ''p raedisposition'' fall ill with demodicosis. Cause for this pathogenesi s is a disfunction or depression of cellular immunity of these dogs. T he defiency of T-lymphocytes is the base for exzessive growth of the m ite population.