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.
Mazyad
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Research and Training Center on Vectors of Diseases, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Helmy
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D000818:Animals; D004534:Egypt / Q000453:epidemiology; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D006041:Goats; D010373:Lice Infestations / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012621:Seasons