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Definition
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Definition
| Infestation of the body by maggots |
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Term
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Definition
| Infestation of mites or ticks |
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Term
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Definition
| Skin infection of demestic animals caused by mites |
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Term
| Collection of Samples - Skin |
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Definition
Skin scraping
Cellophane tape
Hair plucking
Epidermal collection |
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Term
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Definition
Scrap at interface of affected and unaffected skin
Scrap mutipule sites
Most common diagnostic procedure for ectoparasites
Evaluate at 4x or 10x with mineral oil |
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Term
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Definition
Mallophage
Anoplura
Egg, nymph, adult (3-4 week life cycle)
Can cause anemia
Tx with pyrethrin |
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Term
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Definition
Yellow
Have large roun heads
Chew |
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Term
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Definition
Red to grey
Suck
Do not infect cats or cirds |
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Term
| Black Flies (Buffalo gnats) |
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Definition
Suck blood from host
Painful bites
Swarm
Like short haired animals |
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Term
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Definition
Suck blood from host at dusk and dawn
Transmit bluetongue virus of sheep |
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Term
| Gnats (Eye Gnats, Dog Penis Gnats) |
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Definition
Have sponging mouthparts
Like the teats of dairy cattle and the penis of dogs
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Term
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Definition
Blood feeders
Intermediate host for dirofilaria immitis |
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Term
| Horse Flies and Deer Flies |
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Definition
Only females suck blood
Mechanical transmitters of anthrax, anaplasmosis, and EIA |
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Term
| Stable Fly (Bitting housefly, Common fly) |
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Definition
Sucks blood
Vectors of anthrax and EIA |
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Term
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Definition
Has bayonet-like probiscus fron head
Causes greater loss in cattle than any other blood sucking fly
Legs eggs in manuer |
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Term
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Definition
Feeds on mucus, tears, and saliva or large animals
Involved in transmiting of infectious KJS or pinkeye in cattle |
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Term
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Definition
Larval stages usually associated with bacteria or eith a matted haircoat contaminated with urine of feces
Toxins released can damage tissue
Tunnel through epidermal and into SC space |
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Definition
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Definition
Bite and dig hole to continue to eat
Affect neck and face
Do not crush or break them when removing - will cause anaphylatic shock |
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Term
| Hypoderma (Ox Warble, Cattle Grub) |
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Definition
Affect cattle
resemble honeybees |
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Term
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Definition
Most economically important insect to vets
Have piercing sucking mouthparts |
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Term
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Definition
Flea of the cat
most common found on dogs and cats |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
Produce severe dermatologic problems accompanied by puritus
Very contagious |
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Term
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Definition
Zoonotic
Extremely contagious and pruritic
Diagnosed with skin scraping
Tx Ivermectin or organophosphate dips |
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Term
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Definition
Feline scabies mite
infects cats and rabbits |
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Term
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Definition
| Causes scaly leg in parakeets |
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Term
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Definition
ear canker mite or rabbits
ear swam mineral oil |
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Term
| Otodectes Cynotis (Ear Mite) |
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Definition
| Common cause of otitis externa in dogs cats and ferrets |
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Term
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Definition
Red mange
Mostly spread through mothers milk
Live in hair follicle |
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Term
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Definition
Walking dandruff
Zoonotic
Diagnosis with cellophane tape |
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Term
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Definition
Egg
6 leg larva
8 leg nymph
8 leg adult |
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Term
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Definition
Argasid
Ixodid
trasmits diseases |
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Term
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Definition
Soft ticks
Otobius megnini |
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Term
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Definition
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Term
| Rhipicephalus sanguineus (brown dog tick) |
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Definition
Only dog
intermediate host for babesia canis |
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Term
| Amblyomma Americanum (lone star tick) |
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Definition
target head, stomach, and flank
vector of tularemia and RMSF |
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Term
| Boophilus Annulates (Texas cattle fever tick, or North American tick) |
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Definition
intermediate host for babesia bigemina
cattle |
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Term
| Ixodes Scapularis (deer tick) |
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Definition
| transmitter of lyme disease |
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