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Evolution of salmon lice in response to management strategies: a review
Reviews in Aquaculture, 2021 Ectoparasitic salmon lice ( Lepeophtheirus salmonis ) present a major challenge to Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar ) aquaculture. The demand for effective louse control has produced diverse management strategies.
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Where Are We With Human Lice? A Review of the Current State of Knowledge
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2020 Pediculus humanus is an obligate bloodsucking ectoparasite of human that includes two ecotypes, head louse and body louse, which differ slightly in morphology and biology, but have distinct ecologies.
Didier Raoult, Oleg Mediannikov
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Molecular investigation and genetic diversity of Pediculus and Pthirus lice in France
Parasites & Vectors, 2020 Background Humans are parasitized by three types of lice: body, head and pubic lice. As their common names imply, each type colonizes a specific region of the body. The body louse is the only recognized disease vector. However, an increasing awareness of
Nadia Amanzougaghene +6 more
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Aquaculture Environment Interactions, 2020 Over the last 2 decades, cleaner fishes have been employed to remove external sea lice parasites from Atlantic salmon Salmo salar in sea cages. Norway, Scotland, Ireland, and the Faroe Islands combined now use ~60 million cleaner fish per year.
Gentry, K +3 more
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Use of lumpfish for sea‐lice control in salmon farming: challenges and opportunities
Reviews in Aquaculture, 2018 Efficient sea-lice control remains one of the most important challenges for the salmon farming industry. The use of wrasse (Labridae) as cleaner fish offers an alternative to medicines for sea-lice control, but wrasse tend to become inactive in winter ...
Richard Lloyd +2 more
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EDIS, 2007 This document provides an overview of body lice and pubic lice, detailing their biology, transmission, symptoms, and treatment. Body lice, which can transmit diseases like typhus, are less common in the U.S., while pubic lice are a significant nuisance.
C.W. Scherer, P.G. Koehler
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The Cost of Lice: Quantifying the Impacts of Parasitic Sea Lice on Farmed Salmon
Marine Resource Economics, 2017 Frank Asche
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Accurate Wound and Lice Detection in Atlantic Salmon Fish Using a Convolutional Neural Network
Fishes, 2022 The population living in the coastal region relies heavily on fish as a food source due to their vast availability and low cost. This need has given rise to fish farming.
Aditya Gupta +3 more
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Evaluation of resistance of human head lice to pyrethroid insecticides: A meta-analysis study
medRxiv, 2022 Introduction Pediculosis is one of the most common annoying infections caused by insects in humans. Pyrethroids are one of the main insecticides used to treat this infection.
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Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 Sea lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) are ectoparasitic copepods that cause significant economic loss in marine salmoniculture. In commercial salmon farms, infestation with sea lice can enhance susceptibility to other significant pathogens, such as the ...
W. Cai +14 more
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