PREVALENCE OF LICE ON BUFFALOES AT PRIVATE CATTLE FARM
Z. TASAWAR,
I.
BANO, C. S. HAYAT1 AND M. H. LASHARI
Institute of Pure and Applied Biology, BahauddinZakariyaUniversity,
Multan; 1Faculty
of Veterinary Sciences, BahauddinZakariyaUniversity,
Multan,
Pakistan
Abstract
During the present survey, 100 buffaloes were examined for lice infestation at a
private cattle farm, situated in
Multan,
Pakistan.
Ninety two percent buffaloes were infested with
Haematopinus spp., 6% with
Damalinia spp. and 2% with Linognathus
spp. The relationship between sex of animal and different lice was also
determined.It was 94.1% in females for
Haematopinus spp., 5.8% for
Damalinia spp. and 2.35% for
Linognathus spp., while in males it
was 80, 6.66 and 0 percent, respectively.
The relationship between age and different species of lice was also studied and
in case of Haematopinus spp., it was
significantly (P<0.05) higher (100%) in age group of 41 to 100 months compared
to 14.2% in age group of 21 to 40 months.
For Damalinia spp. it was 14% in the
age group of 21 to 40 months, while it was 0% in age group of 1-20 months.At total of 8.33% buffaloes were infested with
Linognathus spp. in age group of 61-80
months.