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The guideline
Companion Animal Parasite Council, Notoedric Mite, at https://capcvet.org/guidelines/notoedres-cati/. Retrieved 2026-09-16. Each heading below is the guideline’s own, and the quotation under it is how that section begins. The full section, and the species tabs where the guideline gives them, are on the linked page.
Species
Notoedres cati Notoedres cati occurs in cats and other members of the Felidae throughout the world, including ocelots, Florida panthers, tigers, bobcats, lynx, snow leopards, and cheetahs. Other species of Notoedres are generally found as parasites of lagomorphs, rodents, and bats.
Disease
Typical signs of infections include lichenification of the skin on the ear tips, face, and distal extremities. The skin can become acanthotic and hyperkeratotic with gray crusts and scale.
Prevalence
This mite has been reported from most countries of the world and often seems to present as epizootics among groups of animals. In the United States, epizootics have been reported from the Florida Keys.
Diagnosis
Mites typically are found in skin scrapings. Mites are smaller than S. scabiei .
Treatment
Ivermectin (200 to 300 μg/kg) is effective. Cats with severe lesions sometimes may also be administed penicillin for secondary bacterial infections and corticosteroids to alleviate the signs and reduce self-mutilation and hypersensitity reactions after treatment.
Control and Prevention
Routine administration of monthly selamectin or fipronil may help prevent infestations in cats.
Public Health Considerations
People living with infested cats sometimes will develop papular and pruritic rashes on the arms or legs. Typically, mite infestations do not persist on the infested humans.
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- capc-notoedres-catiCAPC · retrieved 2026-09-16
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