EFFECT OF GOAT BODY LOUSE, DAMALINIA CAPRAE (GURLT.) ON THE HOST BODY WEIGHT
AMRITA PANDEY *
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, N.D. COLLEGE, SHIKOHABAD, INDIA.
J.K. AWASTH *
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, N.D. COLLEGE, SHIKOHABAD, INDIA.
A.K. PALIWAL *
DEPTT. OF ZOOLOGY, GANJDUNDWARA (PG) COLLEGE, GANJDUNDWARA, KANSHIRAM NAGAR INDIA
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The present study is on effect of lice population on body weight of goat reports that weight of host influences by lice population. The hosts infested by small number of lice, lost minimum weight and highly infested hosts lost high amount of weight. Further, growth of lice population also increase in the months March-May and August-October. Further it was presumed that this ectoparasite eats skin scurfs, wool, hair fibres and effected the growth of the host.
Keywords: Goat, ectoparasite, wool, hair fibres, skin Scurfs