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[[Lice]]
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*[[Pediculosis]] in farm animals is most often seen in winter when the coat is thickest
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*Debilitated animals are often predisposed as they cannot groom properly
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===Cattle===
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*One chewing louse
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**''Bovicola bovis''
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*Several sucking lice
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**E.g. ''Linognathus vituli''
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*Most lice have a preferred predilection site on the body
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*Some lice will gather in clusters
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*Causes
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**Ill-thrift
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**Anaemia
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**Down-graded leather
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[[Category:Cattle]]
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[[Category:Lice]]

Revision as of 13:08, 5 April 2010

Lice

  • Pediculosis in farm animals is most often seen in winter when the coat is thickest
  • Debilitated animals are often predisposed as they cannot groom properly

Cattle

  • One chewing louse
    • Bovicola bovis
  • Several sucking lice
    • E.g. Linognathus vituli
  • Most lice have a preferred predilection site on the body
  • Some lice will gather in clusters
  • Causes
    • Ill-thrift
    • Anaemia
    • Down-graded leather