Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 April 2009
Three kinds of lice are found on horses, two belonging to the Mallophaga or scale-eating lice and one to the Siphunculata or blood-sucking lice.
1 Of seven lice kept on the arm of one of the writers, only two bit and succeeded in filling themselves with blood, but they died next day whilst the remainder lived three days longer. Out of some dozens of lice tested at various times, only three have been induced to feed.