author(s)
Sanweer Khatoon, Naresh Kumar, Hemant Joshi and Afroz Jahan

abstract
Pediculosis by Haematopinus suis is a major constraint in both domesticated and wild boars in all parts of the world. This is the only species of louse that infests pigs An wild boar (Sus scrofa) of Udaipur region was bought for post mortem in the Centre of Wildlife Studies in the month of July in 2017 and was examined for presence of ectoparasites by Veterinary Parasitology department and ectoparasites as lices were collected from the animal’s body and were identified as Haematopinus suis by standard morphological keys. The paper reports for the first time a note on Haematopinus suis on wild boar found in Udaipur.