Arthropods

Question 1

Scientific & common name, vector for?

Answer 1

Ixodes scapularis
“Deer Tick”
Lyme disease

Question 2

Scientific & common name, vector for?

Answer 2

Amblyopia americanum
“Lone Star Tick”
Rocky Mt spotted fever

Question 3

Scientific & common name, vector for?

Answer 3

Deemacentor variabilis
“American Dog Tick”
Rocky Mt spotted fever

Question 4

Scientific & Common name, vector for?

Answer 4

Rhipicephalus sanguineus
“Brown Dog Tick”
Babesia

Question 5

Dog, cat

Answer 5

Ctenocephalides felis
Cat Flea

Question 6

Dog, pig
ear pinna,elbows, ventrum

Answer 6

Sarcoptes scabiei

Question 7

Cat
ear pinna, neck, face, feet

Answer 7

Notoedres cati
Feline scabies

Question 8

Guinea pig
back, neck, shoulders

Answer 8

Trixacarus caviae
Burrowing mite of guinea pigs

Question 9

Avian
feet, legs, beak, cere

Answer 9

Cnemidocoptes
Scaly leg mite

Question 10

Rabbit
ear canal

Answer 10

Psoroptes cuniculi
Ear canker mite

Question 11

cat(mainly), dogs, (ferret)
ear canal

Answer 11

otodectes cyanotis
Ear mite

Question 12

Dog

Answer 12

Demodex
Demodectic mange mite

Question 13

Dog, cat, rabbit
moving white flake on surface of skin and hair coat

Answer 13

Cheyletiella
Walking dandruff

Question 14

What is this parasite

Answer 14

chewing louse

Question 15

what is this parasite?

Answer 15

Sucking louse

Question 16

What is this parasite’s egg called?

Answer 16

Nit

Question 17

Sheep
skin surface

Answer 17

Melophagus ovinus
Sheep ked

Question 18

Horse
stomach

Answer 18

Gasterophilus
Horse bots/ stomach bots

Question 19

Sheep
Nasal cavity

Answer 19

Oestrus ovis
Nasal bot fly of sheep and goats

Question 20

Rodents, Rabbits, Dogs, Cats
Head, neck, thorax

Answer 20

Cuterebra spp.
Warbles

Question 21

Cow
dorsal cutaneous

Answer 21

Hypoderma
Cattle grubs

Question 22

Rats
Ear pinna, tail, nose

Answer 22

Notoedres muris
Scabies mite of rats

Question 23

Sheep, cattle, horses (host specific)
skin surface(sheep), Withers and rump(neck), mane and tai(horses)- reportable

Answer 23

Psoroptes ovis, P. bovis, P. equi
Scabies mite of sheep, cattle, horses

Question 24

Horses, cattle, goats, sheep
skin surface on lower hind legs, flanks, shoulders, tail region of cattle

Answer 24

Chorioptes spp.
Itchy leg mite

Question 25

Horses, cattle, sheep, goats, dogs
Larval and nymphal
(Soft tick)

Answer 25

Otobius megnini
Spinose ear tick

Question 26

Chickens, turkeys, Wild birds
feed in evening hours
(soft tick)

Answer 26

Argas persicus
Fowl tick

Question 27

Cattle
attached to skin- does not leave host
Reportable

Answer 27

Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) spp.
Texas cattle fever tick
IH- Babesia bigemina

Question 28

Haemaphysalis longicornis
does not need male to reproduce

Answer 28

Asian longhorn tick/ bush tick/ Cattle tick
Severe Fever w/ Thrombocytopenia syndrome virus

Question 29

Canine
Nasal turbinates and nasal sinuses

Answer 29

Pneumonyssus caninum
Nasal mite