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Which of the following are insects?
-dipterans
-mites
-lice
-fleas
-ticks |
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Which of the following are arachnids?
-dipterans
-mites
-lice
-fleas
-ticks |
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| What are the sub-orders of lice? |
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Mallophaga (chewing/biting)
Anoplura (sucking) |
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| The order Diptera contains what bugs? |
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| -moquitoes -flies -gnats -keds |
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| What is the order of fleas? |
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| The class Arachnida contains what bugs? |
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-ticks
-mites
-spiders
---not insects |
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| Insects and arachnids are in the phylum ___, which means "___." |
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| Arthropoda - "Jointed-leg" |
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| Distinguishing features of an insect? |
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-paired antennae
-3 body parts (head, thorax, abdomen)
-6 legs on thorax
-eyes |
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| Distinguishing features of an arachnid? |
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-2 body parts (head, cephalothorax)
-no antennae
-no eyes (in the parasites we care about)
-8 legs |
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| What type of agent is used to kill arachnids? |
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| What type of agent is used to kill insects? |
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| What type of agent is uesd to kill roundworms? |
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ascariasis = infection with roundworms (ascarids)
acariasis = infestation with arachnids |
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| How many hosts do ticks have? |
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| varies - may have 1, 2, 3 |
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| The "baby" form of an arachnid? |
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| nymph- looks like mini adult, but some only have 6 legs |
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| Basic life cycle of a tick? |
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| egg -> nymph -> (molt 1-3x) -> adult |
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| What happens every time a tick nymph molts? |
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| Soft ticks are in the family ___. |
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| Hard ticks are in the family ___. |
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| Ticks are most plentiful where? |
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| Describe how Argasidae look. |
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-wrinkly, leathery "shell"
-may be mammalated
-very flat body |
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| Describe how Ixodes look. |
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-hard shell
-scutum (ornate or inornate)
-festoons |
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| How to ID a specific Ixodes? |
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-is scutum inornate or ornate?
-specific scutum patterns if ornate |
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| Scientific name of the common brown dog tick? |
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| Common names of 3 ticks we talked about in class? |
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-common brown dog tick
-Lone Star tick
-American dog tick / RMSF tick |
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| Which tick is most closely associated with Lymes? |
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| Lone Star tick (Amblyoma americanum) |
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| Which tick is most closely associated with Babesia canis? |
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| common brown dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus) |
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| Females of what species of tick can lay up to 4000 eggs? |
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| common brown dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus) |
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| What disease/s is/are associated with the common brown dog tick? |
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-tick paralysis
-Babesia canis
-Ehrlichia canis
-Hepatozoon canis
-RMSF |
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| Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever |
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| What disease/s is/are associated with the Lone Star tick? |
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| What disease/s is/are associated with the American dog tick? |
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| What ticks have ornate scutums? Inornate scutums? |
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| Ornate: -Lone Star tick (Amblyoma americanum) -American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis) Inornate: -common brown dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus) |
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| What tick is very commonly seen on dogs and looks like big, greyish blobs? |
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| common brown dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus) |
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| Females of what species of tick can lay 1000-8000 eggs? |
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| Basic life cycle of the flea? |
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| egg -> larva -> pupa -> adult |
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| How long does it take for a flea egg to reach adulthood? |
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| Genus and species of the flea? |
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| Feline Allergic Dermatitis |
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| flea saliva causes an allergic rxn - not dependent on # bites |
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| "Hot spots" are most closely associated with what ectoparasite? |
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| What are "environmental hot spots"? |
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| areas in the home/environment where the animals spend the most time, and thus where the highest concentration of flea larvae can be found (bc eggs fall there the most) |
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| Pre-emergent adult fleas are stimulated to emerge by: |
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^temp
^CO2
^vibrations
^humidity |
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| What stage of flea sucks blood? |
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| adults - generally just females |
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Dipetalonema reconditum
Dipylidium caninum |
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| Term for an infestation of lice? |
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| Differences between Mallophaga and Anoplura? |
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Mallophaga:
chew/bite
head > thorax
move rapidly
small, yellow
pruritic
feed on epithelial debris
Anoplura:
suck blood
tiny head
move slowly
large, grey/red
non-pruritic
feed on blood |
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| What type of ectoparasite spends its entire life cycle on the host? |
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| Basic life cycle of lice? |
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-eggs/nits laid on hair shaft
-3 nymph stages
-adults |
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| How are lice transmitted? |
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| Genera and species of the 3 lice we talked about in class? |
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Trichodectes canis
Felicola subrostratus
Linognathus setosus |
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| What specific louse is IH of Dipylidium caninum? |
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| What species of Mallophagian lice did we cover? |
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Trichodectes canis
Felicola subrostratus |
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| What species of Anopluran lice did we cover? |
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| Which type of lice are more likely to cause pruritis? |
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| biting/chewing, not sucking |
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| Special feature of mite appendages? |
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| pedicel - small stalk with sucker on end; may be jointed |
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| Basic life cycle of mites? |
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| egg -> nymph -> 3 molts -> adult |
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| Which mite is small and round? |
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| Which mite is larger and elongated? |
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| Why is Sarcoptes hard to diagnose? |
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-smaller
-burrow under the skin which causes severe pruritis, but there may only be a few on the entire animal |
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-multiple sites
-edges of alopecia |
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| Where in the skin does Sarcoptes live? |
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| burrows tunnels in the skin |
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| Where in the skin does Demodex live? |
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| burrows down to roots of hair follicles and/or into sebaceous gland |
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| Genus and species of ear mite? |
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| Cuterebra is also known as... |
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| What type of bug is Cuterebra? |
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-fly lays egg on skin/face
-hatches into larvae and burrows SQ
-emerges in 1-2mo
-pupates
-adult fly |
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