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<center> <big>'''Common Ectoparasites of Donkeys</big>
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| '''Common name'''
| '''Scientific name'''
| '''Clinical signs'''
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| [[Lice - Donkey|'''Lice''']]
| [[Sucking Lice|Blood-sucking louse]]
| ''[[Haematopinus asini]]''
| Anaemia
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| [[Chewing Lice|Biting louse]]
| [[Bovicola equi|''Damalinia equi'']]
| Pruritus
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| [[Midges - Donkey|'''Biting Midges''']]
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| [[Culicoides|''Culicoides spp.'']]
| Sweet itch
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| [[Mange - Donkey|'''Mange mites''']]
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| ''Chorioptes equi''
| Mange
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| ''[[Demodex]] equi''
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| ''[[Psoroptes]] equi''
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| ''[[Sarcoptes]] scabei''
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| [[Forage Mites - Donkey|'''Forage mites''']]
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| ''Various species''
| Irritation of lower limbs
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| [[Biting Flies|'''Biting flies''']]
| Stable fly
| [[Stomoxys calcitrans|''Stomoxys calcitrans'']]
| [[Fly Worry - Donkey|Fly worry]]
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| Horse fly
| [[Tabanidae|''Tabanids'']]
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| Head fly
|[[Hydrotaea irritans|''Hydrotaea irritans'']]
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| Black fly
| [[Simuliidae|''Simulinum spp.'']]
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| [[Nuisance Flies|'''Non-biting flies''']]
| House fly
| [[Musca spp.|''Muscids]]
| [[Fly Worry - Donkey|Fly worry]]
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| [[Myiasis Producing Flies|'''Blow flies''']]
| Greenbottle
| [[Calliphoridae|''Lucilia sericata'']]
| [[Myiasis - Donkey|Myiasis (Blowfly strike)]]
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| Bluebottle
| [[Calliphoridae|''Calliphora spp.'']]
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| Blackbottle
| [[Calliphoridae|''Phormia terraenovae]]
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| [[Ticks - Donkey|'''Ticks''']]
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| ''[[Ixodes spp.]]''
| Pruritus, nodules, alopecia, dermatosis
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| [[Bots - Donkey|'''Stomach bots''']]
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| [[Gasterophilus spp.|''Gasterophilus spp.'']]
| Problem caused by larvae
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| [[Pinworm - Donkey|'''Pin worms''']]
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| ''[[Oxyuris equi]]''
| Anal irritation
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| [[Spirurids - Donkey|'''SPIRURIDS''']]
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| ''Habronema spp.''
| Summer sores (in the tropics)
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| [[Onchocerciasis - Donkey|'''ONCHOCERCIASIS''']]
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| ''Onchocerca cervicalis''
| Fistulous withers
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