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For how long can human scabies live on (be alive) a cat's or dog's body without any treatment? do they need treatment?
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Scabies: Scabies is species specific. Human scabies can theoretically infect dogs and cats but they cannot complete their life cycle on dogs and cats. No need to treat dogs and cats for human scabies. Dog scabies or mange does not infect humans.
Answered 7/15/2017
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