When adults, copulation occurs and eggs are laid in a few days. Human body lice can be involved in the transmission of epidemic relapsing fever, typhus, and various micotic and bacterial dermatologic conditions. These lice are vary host specific and transmission is directly from one human to another. The head louse is often involved in epidemics involving school children or families where close contact occurs. This louse is of considerable aesthetic importance but not known to be involved in the transmission of disease agents.
Infestations are by direct contact with other infested individuals.
Common on loose folds of skin at neck, jowl, ,base of ears, along the belly, and the inside of the legs. Eggs are usually located along the lower parts of the body and the base of the ears. This usually leads to rubbing and biting, further compounding the condition of the wool and leading to secondary infections. Bovicola equi Haematopinus asini. The sucking louse of horses.