Fig. 2. a-c in Sarcoptic mange in wild quichua porcupines (Coendou quichua Thomas, 1899) in Colombia

Fig. 2. a-c. Microphotograph of skin section of a mature female Coendou quichua with severe sarcoptic mange. a) Intralesional cocci observed surrounding parasitic tunnels, with mite (arrow head 20X). b) Intralesional mite (black arrow head) and pustule (grey arrow head 10X), and c) several tunnels with (black arrow heads) and without (white triangle) mites in the stratum corneum (4X). All bars = 100 μm. Haematoxylin and Eosin stain.