Table-2.

Distribution of lice of sheep in the two areas of study (North-eastern of Algeria).

Lice species	Souk - Ahras				Guelma
	Number of infested sheep and rate infestation (%)	Lice number	Relative abundance (%)	Parasitic burden	Number of infested sheep and rate infestation (%)	Lice number	Relative abundance (%)	Parasitic burden
D. ovis	23 (37.1)	687	99.7	29.9	5 (23.8)	46	100	9.2
L. ovillus	1 (1.6)	2	0.3	2
Total	24	689	93.7	28.7	5	46	6.3	9.2

D. bovis=Damalinia bovis, L. ovillus=Linognathus ovillus