The scientific name of the sheep ked, or tick, is Melophagus ovinus. This pest affects the health of domestic or mountain sheep and goats, causing damage to skin and wool, in some cases up to a 25% reduction in fleece yields. This bulletins gives ked description and life cycle, offers control and management suggestions for small farm and commercial flocks. Cockles. 2 pages.
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Title
Control of Sheep Keds
Creators
Arthur L. Antonelli (Author)
Larry Sandvol (Author)
Academic Unit
Publications, WSU Extension
Series
Extension bulletin (Washington State University. Extension); EB1389
Publisher
Washington State University Extension; Pullman, Washington
Identifiers
99900502436901842
Copyright
In copyright ; openAccess ; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ ; http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/OpenAccess