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Head lice are spread by direct contact with the hair of someone who is infected. [4] The cause of head lice infestations in children is not related to cleanliness. [5] Other animals, such as cats and dogs, do not play a role in transmission. [4] Head lice feed only on human blood and are only able to survive on human head hair.
Trichodectes canis is a louse of the suborder Mallophaga, or chewing lice. T. canis is a small, flat-bodied louse. Males are typically smaller than females, with body lengths ranging from 1.60 to 1.68 mm in males and 1.75 to 1.82 mm in females.
The most common treatment in animals is weekly use of some form of topical pesticide appropriate for the affected animal, often an antiflea product. Fipronil works well, especially in cats. [9] Cats can also be treated with a lime sulfur insecticide dip or a shampoo with non-pyrethrin insecticide for two weeks beyond the conclusion of symptoms ...
Head lice feed on blood several times each day and tend to reside close to your scalp, which explains the itchiness and why it’s sometimes so difficult to tell that you have head lice. Unlike ...
At least three species or subspecies of Anoplura are parasites of humans; the human condition of being infested with sucking lice is called pediculosis. Pediculus humanus is divided into two subspecies, Pediculus humanus humanus , or the human body louse , sometimes nicknamed "the seam squirrel" for its habit of laying of eggs in the seams of ...
List of aquarium diseases; List of dog diseases; List of feline diseases; List of diseases of the honey bee; List of diseases spread by invertebrates; Poultry disease; Lists of zoonotic diseases, infectious diseases that have jumped from an animal to a human
The Mallophaga are a possibly paraphyletic [1] section of lice, known as chewing lice, biting lice, or bird lice, containing more than 3000 species.These lice are external parasites that feed mainly on birds, although some species also feed on mammals.
A bird louse is any chewing louse (small, biting insects) of order Phthiraptera which parasitizes warm-blooded animals, especially birds. Bird lice may feed on feathers, skin, or blood. They have no wings, and their biting mouth parts distinguish them from true lice, which suck blood. [1] [2]