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{| cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" border="1"
| Also known as:
| '''Damalinia 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.
===Life Cycle===
The female produces white eggs which can readily be seen by the naked eye. The female can produce a large amount of eggs in a short period of time, so the infection can become severe very quickly. The egg hatches into a nymph, which then undergoes two further transformations at 5-9 day intervals before eventually transforming into an adult.
The complete cycle takes around 2-3 weeks, and the adults are capable of living and reproducing for up to a month.
[[Category:Lice - Poultry]]
| Also known as:
| '''Damalinia 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.
===Life Cycle===
The female produces white eggs which can readily be seen by the naked eye. The female can produce a large amount of eggs in a short period of time, so the infection can become severe very quickly. The egg hatches into a nymph, which then undergoes two further transformations at 5-9 day intervals before eventually transforming into an adult.
The complete cycle takes around 2-3 weeks, and the adults are capable of living and reproducing for up to a month.
[[Category:Lice - Poultry]]