{"id":4299,"date":"2019-11-04T12:49:35","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T12:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jaguzafarm.com\/support\/?p=4299"},"modified":"2019-11-04T12:49:35","modified_gmt":"2019-11-04T12:49:35","slug":"differentiating-swine-lice-and-ticks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jaguzafarm.com\/support\/differentiating-swine-lice-and-ticks\/","title":{"rendered":"Differentiating Swine Lice and Ticks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"\">Lice and\u00a0 ticks can be confusing if not clearly differentiated because all are external parasites . Below are some ways you can tell the difference. Swine Lice or Hog Lice are relatively large external blood sucking parasites.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\"><span class=\"zedity-spacer\">\u00a0<strong>Swine Lice<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A lice infestation causes itchy discomfort for the pigs. Infected pigs will rub against their surroundings trying to relieve the itch. If left untreated they will rub their hair off and create sores. Lice are vectors for disease such as swine pox.<\/p>\n<p>Lice can be treated and prevented with ivomec, brand name Ivermectin. This is the same medication, at the same dose, that is used to treat and prevent mites. Pigs get lice from other pigs. Swine lice are species specific and cannot live on any other animals or humans.<\/p>\n<p>Lice are identified by their size, body shape, movement, and the sticky eggs left in the pig\u2019s hairs. They are the largest blood sucking louse found on domestic animals, much larger than the lice found in human hair.<\/p>\n<p><b>Distinctive features:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Lice are Grayish brown ,Measure around 1\/4 inch long, visible to the naked eye,Elongated, segmented, soft body w\/\u00a0oblong head, 6 legs and 2 antennae ,Does not engorge or swell,Runs fast through the hairs, Leaves sticky eggs attached to hair follicles. It causes extreme itching and hair loss and transmits infections and diseases to pigs<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\"><b>Ticks<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\">Ticks are soft bodied blood sucking arachnids. They are found in all environments outside, feasting on mammals, birds, and humans.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"\"><span class=\"zedity-spacer\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\">Ticks should be removed promptly if found attached to your pig. Prevention \u00a0is through environmental management. \u00a0Make your sty unappealing to ticks, and\/or use tick repellent products or natural homemade recipes to keep ticks off your pigs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Distinctive features:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>It varied colors\/patterns, usually black or brown, teardrop shape body, small compact head, 8 legs and no antenna, dramatic changes through\u00a0life cycle, starts flattened and gorges to the size of a swollen raisin, abdomen is not segmented, 1 mm to up to 3\/4 inch in size.<\/p>\n<p>It crawls\u00a0 slowly until they\u00a0attach\u00a0firmly to the pig\u2019s skin, stays attached until engorged, does not cause itching, transmits infections and diseases to pigs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lice and\u00a0 ticks can be confusing if not clearly differentiated because all are external parasites [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4300,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pigs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jaguzafarm.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jaguzafarm.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jaguzafarm.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jaguzafarm.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jaguzafarm.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jaguzafarm.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4299\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jaguzafarm.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jaguzafarm.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jaguzafarm.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jaguzafarm.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}