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Damalinia

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Damalinia
a genus of mammal lice of the superfamily Ischnocera. Called also Bovicola. Includes Damalinia bovis (cattle), D. caprae (goats), D. crassiceps (goats), D. equi syn. D. pilosus (horses), D. limbata (Angora goats), D. ovis (sheep).


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Wilson Wildlife Area north of Corvallis, healthy mule deer placed in a pen with blacktail deer infested with the lice, Damalinia (subgenus Cervicola), immediately attracted the parasites and soon began exhibiting hair loss symptoms.
We're coming to the conclusion there's a strong possibility these lice may be an exotic, unclassified species of the genus Damalinia," a lice typically found on "Old World" ungulates, such as Axis, Sika and Fallow deer, Castillo said.
 
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