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Parasites
Parasite Identification
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Veterinary Medicine
11th Grade
03/05/2013
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Term

Eamites

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 Definition
-live in ear canal -cause irrritation and intchiness -cats most commonly affected -spread most commonly by direct contact
Term

Flea

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 Definition

-feed on blood of host

-usualy black

-don't attach to host

-small
Term

Flea Larva

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 Definition
Baby flea
Term

Cat Warble

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 Definition

-larva stage of botfly

-infect mainly rabbits and rodents

-found under skin aroung neck and legs

-debilitating or fatal effect on animals

-can affect deer, cattle, cats, dogs, hogs, mules, mink, foxes, and humans.
Term

Demodetic Mite

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 Definition

a genus of mites parasitic within the hair follicles of the host; a member of the family Demodicidae. found in sheep; infests cattle; infests horses); infests dogs; infests goats; infests cats, infests hamsters; nfests horses;infests humans; infests cattle; infests dormice; infests sheep; infests pigs.

 
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