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This focus article was prepared by Caroline Fenemore and Vanessa Swinson of the APHA Cattle Species Expert Group, with Aiden Foster of the University of Bristol (Farm Animal Pathology Services). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An adult, male bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) underwent a postmortem examination for proliferative leg lesions. A mobile mite, Mesalgoides pyrrhulinus, was detected from skin scrapings. The histopathology and molecular testing identified Knemidokoptes sp. We herein highlight the importance of a rigorous diagnostic workup in cases in which a 'common' clinical presentation gives an unexpected test result. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]