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Can humans get lice from pigs?

Updated: 8/10/2023
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9y ago

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no they can not

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8y ago

Not directly. Lyme is a blood-borne bacterial disease, and horses do not have a natural pathway to transfer their blood to humans. However, it might be possible for an un-infected insect (tick, mosquito or horsefly) to carry lyme-infected blood from a horse to a human.

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13y ago

No they cannot. It can only be passed to other pigs.

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15y ago

the lice will bite you but should not live on you

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15y ago

Yes,horses can have lice to get rid of them you need to use an approved insecticide

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12y ago

actually no becuz only flies bother them

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no they cant

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