Fig. 6
Skin lesions associated with Sarcoptes scabiei in martens. a Pine marten: Hair loss and skin crust formation affecting mainly the dorsal aspect of the body. b Stone marten, histological section (H&E stain): Mites (arrows) embedded in sero-cellular crusts on the hyperplastic epidermis (double headed arrow). Remnants of a mite (arrow head) in the dermis with focal, suppurative dermatitis and dermal edema