Difference between revisions of "Lice - Sheep"

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Bovicola ovis is a chewing lice around 3mm in length. It is reddish brown in colour, and has a single claw on each of its tarsi.

Two sucking lice
- Lignognathus spp.
  - The 'foot louse' and the 'face louse'

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+==Bovicola ovis==
+===Scientific Classification===
+{| cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" border="1"
+| Class
+| Insecta
+|-
+| Order
+| Phthiraptera
+|-
+| Suborder
+| Ischnocera
+|-
+| Family
+| Trichodectidae
+|}
+===Identification===
+''Bovicola ovis'' is a chewing lice around 3mm in length.  It is reddish brown in colour, and has a single claw on each of its tarsi.
+*One chewing louse
+**''Damalinia ovis''
+*Two sucking lice
+**''Lignognathus spp.''
+***The 'foot louse' and the 'face louse'
+*Causes fleece damage
+[[Category:Sheep]]
+[[Category:Lice]]
+[[Category:To_Do_-_Max]]