Avian knemidokoptosis, caused by knemidokoptid mites (Knemidokoptinae: Epidermoptidae), has been reported in wild and domestic birds globally. We report two cases of severe knemidokoptosis in Dunnocks (Prunella modularis) from separate sites in Great Britain, where the disease has previously been reported predominantly in finches and, less frequently, in corvids.
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25 March 2021
Atypical Knemidokoptosis in Two Dunnocks (Prunella modularis) in Southern England
Katharina Seilern-Moy,
Joseph P. Heaver,
Julia Rodriguez-Ramos Fernandez,
Shaheed K. Macgregor,
Shinto K. John,
Andrew A. Cunningham,
Becki Lawson
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Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 57 • No. 2
April 2021
Vol. 57 • No. 2
April 2021