| sucking lice (anoplura) of mammals of tennessee. | twenty-five species of sucking lice are recorded from wild and domestic mammals, including humans, from tennessee. collections of 10 of these species (haematopinus eurysternus, hoplopleura captiosa, hoplopleura hirsuta, hoplopleura oryzomydis, hoplopleura trispinosa, linognathus africanus, linognathus setosus, linognathus vituli, neohaematopinus sciuropteri and polyplax auricularis) represent newly documented state records. host specificity was exhibited by 22 species of lice with each of these ... | 1997 | 9221741 |
| parasites of domestic and wild animals in south africa. xxxix. helminth and arthropod parasites of angora goats in the southern karoo. | parasites were collected from 160 angora goats and kids on the jansenville experimental farm, eastern cape province. six nematodes were identified to species level and three to generic level. nematodirus spathiger was the most numerous of the economically important nematodes recovered. it was always present, and fourth stage larvae were collected from untreated goats from august to march, while animals used as tracers also picked up most infection from august to march. kids born on the farm duri ... | 2001 | 11403427 |
| studies on lice infesting goats in north sinai. | in north sinai, in a total of 304 goats, 218 (71.7%) were infested with 3 species of lice. these were bovicola caprae (31.6%), linognathus africanus (24.01%) and l. stenopsis (10.53%). infestation with more than one species of lice was also seen. the highly infested season was winter (56.9%) and the least was spring (6.9%). the highly infested body site was hip (17.7%) and the least infested one was britch (6.6%). the economic loss of goats infested with lice was discussed. | 2001 | 11478450 |
| prevalence of external parasites in the south eastern desert of egypt. | external parasites in the triangle region (halaib & shalatin) affecting the animal health were studied. ectoparasites were collected in several sites by using bait traps and directly from animal bodies. results indicated the presence of twelve species of insects belonging to seven genera included in three families (calliphoridae, muscidae and sarcophagidae). concerning ectoparasites on animal bodies, there were two species of biting lice infested goats and sheep (bovicola caprae and b. ovis, res ... | 2001 | 12557945 |
| ectoparasites of small ruminants in three selected agro-ecological sites of tigray region, ethiopia. | a study on ectoparasites of small ruminants in three selected agro-ecological sites of tigray region, ethiopia disclosed an overall prevalence of 55.5% and 58% in each examined 750 sheep and goats, respectively. in the sheep population, melophagus ovinus (19.1%), tick infestations (16%), damalinia ovis (15.3%), linognathus africanus (11.5%), and ctenocephalides felis (9%) were the major ectoparasites. the major ectoparasites identified in goats were tick infestations (29.7%), l. africanus (27.9% ... | 2010 | 20369295 |
| ectoparasites of sheep in three agro-ecological zones in central oromia, ethiopia. | a cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the prevalence and risk factors for ectoparasites infestation in sheep in three agro-ecological zones in central oromia, ethiopia, from october 2009 to april 2010. the study revealed that 637 (48.1%) of the 1325 sheep examined were infested with one or more ectoparasites. the ectoparasites identified were bovicola ovis (27.2%), melophagus ovinus (16.4%), ctenocephalides sp. (2.3%), linognathus africanus (1.2%), linognathus ovillus (0.3%), sarcop ... | 2012 | 23327319 |
| arthropod parasites of nubian ibexes (capra ibex nubiana) and gazelles (gazella gazella) in israel. | in a 20-year survey the following ectoparasites were collected from nubian ibexes: larvae of an unidentified oestrus sp. collected from the nasal cavities, sinuses and horns, hippoboscid flies (lipoptena chalcomelaena) specific to the nubian ibex, blood sucking lice (linognathus africanus) and unidentified biting lice (damalinia sp.). ibexes were severely infested with the cattle tick, boophilus annulatus; a few hyalomma anatolicum excavatum ticks were also collected. in five ibexes kept in two ... | 1999 | 10392972 |
| prevalence of ectoparasites on goats in dehradun (india). | the prevalence of two phthirapteran species, bovicola caprae and linognathus africanus, on 1048 goats from dehradun (india) was 79.2% and 38% respectively. prevalence of both species was higher on visibly weaker and less hairy goats. sex related differences in prevalence were not found. the prevalence of l. africanus was slightly higher on young goats but the same was not true in case of b. caprae. the incidence of b. caprae showed moderately negative correlation with environmental temperature a ... | 1994 | 7951399 |
| recognition of the sucking louse linognathus africanus on goats. | | 1989 | 2775069 |
| lice induced immuno-oxidative wreckage of goats. | the present study aimed to evaluate the immuno-oxidative patho-biology of lice infestation in goats. sixty goats were divided into five groups; sucking lice (linognathus africanus) infested (group 1, n=12), chewing lice (bovicola caprae) infested-mild (group 2, n=12), chewing lice (b. caprae) infested-moderate (group 3, n=12), chewing lice (b. caprae) infested-severe (group 4, n=12) and healthy control (group 5, n=12). to assess the pathological changes, markers of oxidative stress (lipid peroxi ... | 2017 | 28606320 |
| a study on prevalence and factors associated with ectoparasitism in goats of two agro-climatic regions in india. | the present study was aimed to evaluate the factors associated with prevalence of various ectoparasites among goats during winter season in two different agro-climatic regions of india. a total of 320 goats (uttarakhand-208; uttar pradesh-112) were screened and evaluated for ectoparasitism and associated factors. the occurrence of ectoparasitism in goats was studied in relation with age, sex, breed, housing, agro-climatic region and system of rearing. prevalence of ectoparasitism among goats of ... | 2017 | 28848271 |
| population levels of phthirapteran ectoparasites on the goats in rampur (u.p.). | out of the four phthirapteran species known to occur, only two were recovered from the goats in district rampur (ischnoceran louse, bovicola caprae and the anopluran, linognathus africanus). as many as, 26.5% (n = 250) of the goats examined were found infested with phthiraptera. the prevalence on two sexes of goats remained similar (x2 = 0.013, p < 0.05). however, lice were more prevalent on younger goats than adults and older ones (x2 = 9.78, p < 0.05). the correlation between the prevalence an ... | 2017 | 28848278 |
| exotic pediculosis and hair-loss syndrome in deer (odocoileus hemionus) populations in california. | infestation with nonnative, "exotic" lice was first noted in washington black-tailed deer (odocoileus hemionus columbianus) in 1994 and has since then spread throughout the western united states. in california, infestation with the exotic louse damalinia (cervicola) sp. was first detected in black-tailed deer from northern california in 2004, and, in 2009, the exotic louse species bovicola tibialis and linognathus africanus were identified on mule deer (odocoileus hemionus californicus) in centr ... | 2016 | 27240567 |
| [infestation with linognathus africanus (kellogg e paine, 1911) (linognathidae) and bovicola caprae (ewing, 1936) (trichodectidae) in goat flock of the state of rio de janeiro, brazil]. | mixed infestations with linognathus africanus and bovicola caprae were diagnosed in a lot of 20 goats from a flock of 40, belonging to a farm from the universidade federal rural do rio de janeiro, rio de janeiro, rj (22 degrees 44'38''s and 43 degrees 42'27''w). animals were of both sexes, varied ages and different breeds (half blood saanen/boer, saanen, cross breeds), were examined in april of 2004. with an exception of one goat, parasitized only by l. africanus, the remainders 19 (95%) were in ... | 2006 | 16647002 |
| use of scanning electron microscopy to confirm the identity of lice infesting communally grazed goat herds. | lice have been described on goats in commercial farming systems in south africa but not from flocks on communal grazing. during a longitudinal survey on the causes of goat kid mortality, conducted in jericho district, north west province, lice were collected from communally grazed indigenous goats. these lice were prepared for and viewed by scanning electron microscopy, and micro-morphological taxonomic details are described. three species of lice were found in the study area and identified as b ... | 2004 | 15373329 |
| short communication serum copper, zinc, and calcium concentrations in lice-infested sheep. | the purpose of this study was to investigate changes in serum concentration of copper, zinc, and calcium in sheep naturally infested with lice (bovicola caprae, linognathus africanus, linognatus ovillus, and linognattus pedalis). twenty sheep naturally infested with lice and 20 healthy sheep were used as subjects. blood samples were collected from the sheep before and 8 and 15 d after treatment with avermectin, a veterinary antiparasitic drug. the samples were analyzed for their serum copper, zi ... | 2002 | 12117268 |