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Photomicrograph from a Timber Wolf (Canis lupus) from Wisconsin, USA

By National Wildlife Health Center 2003 (approx.)
Photomicrograph from a Timber Wolf showing a cross-section of a Sarcoptes scabiei mite.
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Photomicrograph from a Timber Wolf (Canis lupus) from Wisconsin, USA.  A cross-section of a Sarcoptes scabiei mite is present in a subcorneal tunnel. Acanthosis and parakeratotic hyperkeratosis are associated with the mite’s presence.

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