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Ceratothoa imbricata

admin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:59:28 +0000

Ceratothoa imbricata (Crustacea, Isopoda: Cymothoidae) was seen in a Diplodus sargus sargus (White seabream, Blacktail), in the Tsitsikamma National Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Dolops ranarum

admin — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 03:20:01 +0000

Dolops ranarum was found in Clarias gariepinus, from Limpopo river system.

Falcolipeurus quadripustulatus

admin — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 10:41:35 +0000

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Falcolipeurus quadripustulatus in copula.

The sample were taken from Cape griffin (Cape vulture)(Gyps coprotheres :an old world vulture in the Family: Acciptridae ) from the Blouberg Nature Reserve in LimpopoProvince of South Africa.

It was collected by: Dr WJ Luus-Powell and Prof GD Engelbrect and identified by Dr ML Turner, all from the University of Limpopo.

The lice were collected on 23 January 2008.

Cephalopina titillator larvae(from Camelus dromedarius)

ali — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:50:50 +0000

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Cephalopina titillator(Camel nasal botfly)third-instar larvae in the pharynx of Camelus dromedarius(Dromedary,Arabian Camel,One humped camel)from the central part of Iran.
The first photo shows 56 larvae in the pharynx of a camel.
(photos taken by Dr Ali Halajian in a abattoir)

Pediculus humanus capitis

ali — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:50:39 +0000

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This is from Human.

Lice infestation

ali — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:31:51 +0000

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Here is an infected Male Holstein Calf with Lice from north of Iran, Mazandaran province that was found in Fall 2008.

The calf was very weak with dirty hairs .