Antihelminthic drug found highly effective in scabies and pediculosis. Parasitic infections include trichomoniasis, pediculosis pubis, and scabies. Ivermectin is approved by the FDA for pediculosis. Cattle infested with bovine pediculosis are generally treated chemically, by drugs like ivermectin and cypermethrin. Infestation of the eyelashes is referred to as pediculosis ciliaris or phthiriasis palpebrarum. Body lice can cause the cutaneous condition Pediculosis corporis, characterised by intense itching. Worldwide, pediculosis pubis affects about 2% of the population. Pediculosis is commonly treated with permethrin lotion. Lice infestation of any part of the body is known as pediculosis. Pediculosis pubis commonly called "crabs", is a disease caused by the crab louse an ectoparasite. In the 15th century, topical mercury treatment was used to treat pediculosis. Pediculosis is more common in cattle than any other type of domesticated animal. When an individual is infested with body lice, this condition is called pediculosis. Pediculosis is a more serious threat due to possible contagion of diseases such as typhus. Pediculosis is an infestation of lice (blood-feeding ectoparasitic insects of the order Phthiraptera).