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===Introduction===
 
===Introduction===
[[File:Damalinia equi.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Chewing louse <br>Courtesy of The Donkey Sanctuary]]
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[[File:Damalinia equi.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Chewing louse <br>Courtesy of The Donkey Sanctuary]]
 
[[Image:Sucking Louse.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Sucking Louse ''Pediculosis humanus'' <br> Smith VS et al. 2004, WikiMedia Commons]]
 
[[Image:Sucking Louse.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Sucking Louse ''Pediculosis humanus'' <br> Smith VS et al. 2004, WikiMedia Commons]]
 
Lice are obligate ectoparasites of every avian and most mammalian species. They are only a few millimeters long and like [[Fleas|fleas]], are wingless but unlike fleas are dorsoventrally flattened.
 
Lice are obligate ectoparasites of every avian and most mammalian species. They are only a few millimeters long and like [[Fleas|fleas]], are wingless but unlike fleas are dorsoventrally flattened.
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