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cat; (C) Damalinia sp. (lice) – goat (D); Ixodes scapularis (tick) – dog;
(E) Chorioptes bovis (mite) – cattle; (F) Demodex canis (mite) – dog.
Plate 7 Ectoparasites: (A) nits of lice; (B) Dermanyssidae (mite) –

Photo: Mani Lejeune. lope and immerse in 200 ml of water in a beaker; (G) keep it overnight under light; (H) remove the envelope and decant the supernatant without disturbing the sediment and examine the sediment under microscope for larvae. Photos: Mani Lejeune, Holly White and Jaime Hazard.

cheese cloth sandwiched between two window screen and make a 8 × 8 cm envelope; (C)
Plate 6 Modified Baermann technique: (A) weigh required amount of feaces; (B) staple a

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