Muhammad Jamil, Atif Idress, Ziyad Abdul Qadir, Fareeha Imran, Muhammad Qasim, Muhammad Shehzad Khan, Huma Aziz, Zafar Iqbal, Imran Qazi, Bibi Sadia, Imtiaz Khan, Said Hussain Shah, Muhammad Rasheed, Mubarik Ali

Medical and Veterinary Ectoparasites' Importance: An Insight on Alternative Control

Muhammad Jamil, Atif Idress, Ziyad Abdul Qadir, Fareeha Imran, Muhammad Qasim, Muhammad Shehzad Khan, Huma Aziz, Zafar Iqbal, Imran Qazi, Bibi Sadia, Imtiaz Khan, Said Hussain Shah, Muhammad Rasheed, Mubarik Ali



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ABSTRACT

Numerous ectoparasites of people and domestic cattle remain a chronic concern in the contemporary world, despite many attempts at eradication. For many years, pesticide medications such as organophosphates, organochlorides, and synthetic pyrethroids were efficient in controlling these parasites; however, widespread use of these treatments has resulted in resistance in many target species. Domestic animals play a vital role in food production, producing meat, milk, and money. The agricultural communities raze livestock’s as an insurance and investment in contradiction of risk. Animals with short generation intervals and high fertility offer economic, managerial, and biological benefits, since milk production can start five or six months after mating and the first corpse can be sold in less than a year. Livestocks are also a main source of manure, which helps to fertilize the soil, as well as skin, which is one of the most significant products that generates foreign cash for the country. However, the combined effects of sickness, inadequate food, and bad management limit animal output. Parasitic sickness is one of the most common disorders in domestic animals and human, and it has a significant economic impact. Ectoparasites of livestocks are extensively dispersed with varying degrees of incidence, and are crucial in causing considerable economic damage to the agricultural community, the tanning and leather sector even throughout the wolrd, necessitating efficient control methods. Scabies mites, head lice, and bed bugs are important medical ectoparasites that pose a considerable public health threat, hence effective management strategies are required. Alternative management approaches have been developed in a number of ways, but more study is needed before they can be utilized to effectively regulate the ectoparasitic illnesses in the forthcoming.

Keywords: Human; Livestocks; Parasites; Biological control; Chemical control



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