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*Pediculosis in farm animals is most often seen in winter when the coat is thickest
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#REDIRECT[[:Category:Lice - Cattle]]
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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:Parasites]]
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[[Category:Cattle]]