PREVALENCE OF LICE ON BUFFALOES AT PRIVATE CATTLE FARM

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.