Arlian L G, Runyan R A, Estes S A
J Am Acad Dermatol. 1984 Jun;10(6):979-86. doi: 10.1016/s0190-9622(84)80318-7.
Sarcoptes scabiei var. canis was successfully transferred from the dog to New Zealand White Rabbits, Oryctologus cuniculus. Natural and experimental transfers were accomplished between rabbits. The dog strain transferred to rabbits showed no morphologic changes and was readily transferred back to dogs. Experimental transfer of var. canis to guinea pigs and pigs resulted in only temporary infestation. Attempts to infest haired and hairless mice, thymus-deficient (nude) mice, and rats were unsuccessful. The unsuccessful or transient nature of cross-infestations between some host species and complete cross-infestation in others leads to the conclusion that all S. scabiei varieties are not host-specific but that they do possess some degree of host preference and that physiologic differences between varieties exist.
犬疥螨成功地从狗传播到新西兰白兔（穴兔）身上。在兔子之间实现了自然传播和实验性传播。传播到兔子身上的犬株没有形态变化，并且很容易再传播回狗身上。犬变种实验性传播到豚鼠和猪身上仅导致暂时感染。试图感染有毛和无毛小鼠、胸腺缺陷（裸）小鼠及大鼠均未成功。某些宿主物种之间交叉感染不成功或具有短暂性，而在其他物种之间则能完全交叉感染，由此得出结论：并非所有疥螨变种都具有宿主特异性，但它们确实有一定程度的宿主偏好，而且变种之间存在生理差异。
