Prevalence of Ectoparasite in livestock and their effect

Abstract

  The majority of Indian farmers use a mixed farming system, which combines crop and animal husbandry. Domesticated animals like cows and buffaloes give the owners a steady source of income, individuals via the selling of milk. Ticks and flies, or ectoparasites, cause serious harm to numerous vertebrates, including domestic animals like cows, which causes weakness and anemia disruption or even the host animal's demise. Invertebrates like flies, ticks, mites, and lice need the skin of their hosts to grow, multiply, and survive. The current review will be intended to study different ectoparasites from the town and rural areas, their impact on livestock, and their management measures in India. This review will help to study the intensity of the infestation caused by ectoparasites. This review will also study the efficacy of different control measures (Cultural, Chemical, physical and biological methods) to protect livestock from ectoparasitic infestation.

Key words:- cow, livestock, mites, myiasis, ticks