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Tests on the efficacy of amitraz, ivermectin and eprinomectin for control of lice in goats
Bulgarian Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 2022 Ectoparasitic infestations with Linognathus stenopsis and Bovicola caprae are a serious concern in goat farms, especially during the winter and spring. This study tested the efficacy of three modern insecticide drugs (ivermectin, eprinomectin and amitraz)
P. Prelezov, N. Nizamov, P. Veleva
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Parasite management in aquaculture exerts selection on salmon louse behaviour
Evolutionary Applications, 2021 The evolution of pest resistance to management strategies is a major challenge for farmed systems. Mitigating the effects of pest adaptation requires identifying the selective pressures imposed by these strategies.
Andrew Coates +3 more
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Endosymbiotic bacteria of the boar louse Haematopinus apri (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Anoplura)
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 Insects exclusively feeding on vertebrate blood are usually dependent on symbiotic bacteria for provisioning of B vitamins. Among them, sucking lice are prominent in that their symbiotic bacteria as well as their symbiotic organs exhibit striking ...
Yudai Nishide +8 more
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Effect of demographic factors in pediculosis prevalence [PDF]
مجلة جامعة الانبار للعلوم الصرفة, 2017 The study was conducted on students of primary schools for the people of the displaced provinces ( Anbar, Tikrit and Mawsil ) who are suffering in their housing overcrowding and low living standards and low level of health.
Sabah Ibrahim Hammadi +2 more
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EDIS, 2006 The cattle tail louse, Haematopinus quadripertusus (Figure 1), is the most important damaging cattle louse in Florida. In other parts of the United States the short-nosed cattle louse is the major pest.
Phillip E. Kaufman +2 more
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Aquaculture Environment Interactions, 2021 Managing salmon louse Lepeophtheirus salmonis outbreaks is a crucial part of salmon aquaculture in sea cages. Treatment management strategies can be optimized with the aid of salmon-louse population dynamic models.
TJ Kragesteen +3 more
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Biodiversity Data Journal, 2018 The diversity of permanent ectoparasites is likely underestimated due to the difficulty of collecting samples. Lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) are permanent ectoparasites of birds and mammals; there are approximately 5,000 species described and many more ...
Juliana Soto-Patiño +9 more
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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.
Nadia Amanzougaghene +7 more
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International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2021 Louse flies (Diptera, Hippoboscidae) are ectoparasites often found on birds. As they spend most of their life on their host, they are not often collected or studied. Hence, little is known about their species richness and prevalence on raptors in Canada.
Valerie Levesque-Beaudin +1 more
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