Species | Hosts | Predilection Sites |
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Chewing Lice | ||
Bovicola (Damalinia) ovis (sheep biting louse) | Sheep | Most commonly found on dorsum. Infestation may extend cranially to head and caudally to tailhead. |
Bovicola (Damalinia) caprae (goat biting or chewing louse) | Goats | Commonly found on neck and shoulders. Can spread to withers, flank, and rump. |
Bovicola (Holokartikos) crassipes (Angora biting louse) | Goats | No specific predilection site. |
Damalinia limbata (body louse) | Goats | Dependent on time of year. Found on ventral surface and on neck, shoulder, and flank. |
Bloodsucking Lice | ||
Linognathus pedalis (sheep foot louse) | Sheep and goats | Confined to hairy parts of foot, except in very heavy infestations. |
Linognathus ovillus (sheep face and body louse) | Sheep | Usually found on hairy parts of skin. As infestation worsens, lice spread to other parts of body. |
Lignognathus africanus (African blue louse) | Sheep and goats | In sheep: often found on the loin, back, rib, and shoulder areas. In goats: found on upper neck and head (base of ears, poll, and ventral surface of jaw). Forms clusters. Slippage of wool is common. |
Lignognathus stenopsis (goat sucking louse) | Goats | Dispersed over the body. |