Arthropods Flashcards
Scientific & common name, vector for?
Ixodes scapularis
“Deer Tick”
Lyme disease
Scientific & common name, vector for?
Amblyopia americanum
“Lone Star Tick”
Rocky Mt spotted fever
Scientific & common name, vector for?
Deemacentor variabilis
“American Dog Tick”
Rocky Mt spotted fever
Scientific & Common name, vector for?
Rhipicephalus sanguineus
“Brown Dog Tick”
Babesia
Dog, cat
Ctenocephalides felis
Cat Flea
Dog, pig
ear pinna,elbows, ventrum
Sarcoptes scabiei
Cat
ear pinna, neck, face, feet
Notoedres cati
Feline scabies
Guinea pig
back, neck, shoulders
Trixacarus caviae
Burrowing mite of guinea pigs
Avian
feet, legs, beak, cere
Cnemidocoptes
Scaly leg mite
Rabbit
ear canal
Psoroptes cuniculi
Ear canker mite
cat(mainly), dogs, (ferret)
ear canal
otodectes cyanotis
Ear mite
Dog
Demodex
Demodectic mange mite
Dog, cat, rabbit
moving white flake on surface of skin and hair coat
Cheyletiella
Walking dandruff
What is this parasite
chewing louse
what is this parasite?
Sucking louse
What is this parasite’s egg called?
Nit
Sheep
skin surface
Melophagus ovinus
Sheep ked
Horse
stomach
Gasterophilus
Horse bots/ stomach bots
Sheep
Nasal cavity
Oestrus ovis
Nasal bot fly of sheep and goats
Rodents, Rabbits, Dogs, Cats
Head, neck, thorax
Cuterebra spp.
Warbles
Cow
dorsal cutaneous
Hypoderma
Cattle grubs
Rats
Ear pinna, tail, nose
Notoedres muris
Scabies mite of rats
Sheep, cattle, horses (host specific)
skin surface(sheep), Withers and rump(neck), mane and tai(horses)- reportable
Psoroptes ovis, P. bovis, P. equi
Scabies mite of sheep, cattle, horses
Horses, cattle, goats, sheep
skin surface on lower hind legs, flanks, shoulders, tail region of cattle
Chorioptes spp.
Itchy leg mite
Horses, cattle, sheep, goats, dogs
Larval and nymphal
(Soft tick)
Otobius megnini
Spinose ear tick
Chickens, turkeys, Wild birds
feed in evening hours
(soft tick)
Argas persicus
Fowl tick
Cattle
attached to skin- does not leave host
Reportable
Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) spp.
Texas cattle fever tick
IH- Babesia bigemina
Haemaphysalis longicornis
does not need male to reproduce
Asian longhorn tick/ bush tick/ Cattle tick
Severe Fever w/ Thrombocytopenia syndrome virus
Canine
Nasal turbinates and nasal sinuses
Pneumonyssus caninum
Nasal mite
