MITES PARASITIC AND / OR ASSOCIATED WITH POULTRY AND SOME MAMMALS IN HISAR, HARYANA WITH KEY TO IDENTIFICATION

Study on mites associated with the skin diseases of camel, dog, rabbit, fowl, turkey and quail resulted in the recovery of a wide range of mites under Astigmata, Prosfigmata and Mesostrgmata belonging to nine families. The mites identified are Acarus larries (Oudemans), A. siro (Linnaeus), Sarcoptes scabiei canis Gerlach, S. s. dromedarii Gervais, Dermoglyphus elongatus Megnin, Notoedres cati Hering, Pygmephorus nilanjana Putatunda, Bdella sp. Cheyletus malaccensis Oudemans, C. malayensis Cunliffe, Prosocheyla acantha Smiley and Moser, Demodex canis Leydig, Stigmaeus sp. and Macrocheles whartoni Delfinado and Baker. The importance of mites and a key to the identification has been incorporated in the text.