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==Bovicola ovis==
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===Scientific Classification===
 
 
 
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| Class
 
| Insecta
 
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| Order
 
| Phthiraptera
 
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| Suborder
 
| Ischnocera
 
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| 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
 
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