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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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The use of prevalence as a measure of lice burden: a case study of Lepeophtheirus salmonis on Scottish Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., farms [PDF]
, 2009 This study investigates the benefits of using prevalence as a summary measure of sea lice infestation on farmed Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L. Aspects such as sampling effort, the relationship between abundance and prevalence arising from the negative ...
Baillie, M. +3 more
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LIKE IN SIMILES – A RELEVANCE-THEORETIC VIEW [PDF]
, 2013 The paper examines the meaning of like as used in similes in the light of relevance theory. Similes, even though superficially indistinguishable from literal comparisons, are found to be closer to metaphors. Therefore, it is proposed that like in similes
Andersen +64 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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Impact of ivermectin administered for scabies treatment on the prevalence of head lice in Atoifi, Solomon Islands. [PDF]
, 2018 Scabies and head lice are ubiquitous ectoparasitic infestations that are common across the Pacific Islands. Ivermectin is an effective treatment for both conditions, although the doses used vary.
Asugeni, R +8 more
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Semigroup analysis of structured parasite populations [PDF]
, 2009 Motivated by structured parasite populations in aquaculture we consider a class of size-structured population models, where individuals may be recruited into the population with distributed states at birth.
Borges +15 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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Some Relative Humidity Reactions of the Wood-Louse, Cylisticus Convexus (Isopoda: Porcellionidae) in an Olfactometer [PDF]
, 2017 Generally, wood-lice are confined to habitats where the saturation deficit is low and damp surfaces are available. Cylisticus convexus (De Geer) is one of many species that are found in a relatively wet habitat (Edney, 1954).
Wilson, Louis F
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Tonal Activity in Kara, an Austronesian language spoken in New Britain [PDF]
, 2004 This paper presents the results of a small phonetic investigation of tonal activity in Kara, a little-known Austronesian language spoken in Papua New Guinea. Sketchy reports of some kind of tonal contrast in this language surfaced in the 1960s and 1970s,
Hajek, John, Stevens, Mary
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