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Also known as: '''''Damalinia ovis
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===Identification===
 
===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.
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''Bovicola ovis'' is a [[Chewing Lice|chewing louse]] around 3mm in length.  It is reddish brown in colour, and has a single claw on each of its tarsi.
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It affects sheep.
  
 
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The complete cycle takes around 2-3 weeks, and the adults are capable of living and reproducing for up to a month.
 
The complete cycle takes around 2-3 weeks, and the adults are capable of living and reproducing for up to a month.
  
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The lice cause [[Pediculosis|pediculosis]].
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Latest revision as of 19:00, 26 July 2012


Bovicola ovis
Class Insecta
Order Phthiraptera
Family Trichodectidae
Species Bovicola ovis

Also known as: Damalinia ovis

Identification

Bovicola ovis is a chewing louse around 3mm in length. It is reddish brown in colour, and has a single claw on each of its tarsi. It affects sheep.

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.


The lice cause pediculosis.



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