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Investigation on the incidence of infection of lice among human goats and sheep in Mosul city-Iraq | ||
| Tikrit Journal of Pure Science | ||
| Article 1, Volume 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 153-159 | ||
| Author | ||
| A .I .Al-abaddy | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The present study includes the examination of 1420 pupils of both sexes belonging to 24 primary schools in the right side of Mosul city , 350 goats and 300 sheeps revealed the percentage of infections of these hosts with the lice which were 33.2% , 16.3% , 11.7% , respectively. In concern of human lice , the percentage of infection of females were 41.3% which was higher than males 25.1%. Among female girls the higher percent of infections was in the group of 8 and 10 years which were 21.4 % and 11.8 % respectively .By the same token ,the percentage of infection with lice was higher 31.7% among pupils of uneducated parents composed with educated parents 18.9% . Also the percentage of infection with lice were more 27.5% among families with more than 5 individuals for female and was14.6% for males .concerning the head lice ,their percentage of infection was more in straight hairs 30.3% compared with cured hairs 10.0 %. The percentage of infection of goats was 16.3% which was higher than that of sheep which was 11.7% ,.The prevalence of sucking louse Linoganthus stenopsis 28.6% was higher that the biting louse Damalina caprae 14 %. The louse Damalinia ovis 42.9% was more prevalence in sheep .The mixed infections in both species of lice in goats 61.4 % were higher than in sheep 28.6%. | ||
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