Lice Infestations in Sheep and Goats in Kombolcha District, East Hararghe Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia

Table 1

Prevalence of different genera/species of ectoparasites infestation in sheep and goats.

Genera of lice	Sheep (n = 134)	Goats (n = 250)	Total (n = 384)
	No positive (prevalence in %)	No positive (prevalence in %)	No positive (prevalence in %)
Damalina species	56 (41.8)	0 (0.0)	56 (14.6)
Linognatus species	0 (0.0)	88 (35.2)	88 (22.9)
Total	56 (41.8)	88 (22.9)	144 (37.5)

High prevalence of Damalinia lice infestation in female about 3.6 times than in male small ruminants () was recorded in Table 2.