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Can pets get pubic lice

Updated: 10/6/2023
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Human pubic lice is not supposed to be transmittable to other species. Still, there may be a difference between the ability to hitch a ride and make a permanent home. How long pubic lice can live apart from the human body is a different question.

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No, animals do not get pubic lice. They are a human parasite.

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