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Flies that suck blood Flashcards

1
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What is the scientific name of Black Fly?

A

Simulium spp

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What is the common name of Simulium spp?

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Black Fly

Buffalo gnat

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What does a bite from a Black fly cause?

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Onchocerciasis aka River Blindness

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What does Onchocerciasis cause?

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Blindness
Skin lesions
Enlarged lymph nodes
Inflammation
Fibrosis
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What is the scientific name of Biting Midges?

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Culicoides spp

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What is the common name of Culicoides spp?

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Biting mideges

“No-see-ums”

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What are the clinical signs of bite from a Culicoides spp?

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Dermatitis, skin lesions

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What are the clinical signs of sheep with a bite from Culicoides spp?

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Swollen ears, nose, neck

Excessive salivation

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What does a bite from Culicoides spp cause in horses?

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Anaphylaxis

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What pathogenesis does Culicoides spp cause?

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Mansonella (filarial worms)
Bluetongue virus (sheep/cattle)
African horse sickness

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What is the zoonosis of Culicoides spp?

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Oropouche fever from Culicoides paraensis

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What is the common name of Anopheles spp, Aedes spp, and Culex spp?

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Mosquitos

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What is the pathogenesis of Anopheles spp?

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Malaria

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What is the pathogenesis of the Aedes spp?

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Zika virus

Yellow fever

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What is the pathogenesis of Culex spp?

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West Nile Virus

Equine infectious anemia

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What do Anopheles spp, Aedes spp and Culex spp all cause?

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Heartworm

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What is the definitive host of Chrysops spp and Tabanus spp?

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Horses
Cattle
Humans
Dogs
Etc
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18
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What is the common name of Chrysops spp?

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Deer fly

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What is the common name of Tabanus spp?

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Horse-flies

20
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What are the clinical signs of Chrysops and Tabanus spp?

A

Painful bites

21
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Chrysops spp and Tabanus spp are common vectors for what disease?

A

Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA)

22
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How do you tell a horse fly and a deer fly apart?

A 
Horse Fly (Tabanus spp) = Big
Deer Fly (Chrysops spp) = Look almost triangular when viewed from above
23
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Is Chrysops and Tabanus spp zoonotic?

24
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What is the common name of the Stomoxys spp?

A

Stable fly, biting housefly

25
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What is the predilection site of Stomoxys sp?

A

Legs
Abdomen
Ears

26
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What is the clinical signs of Stomoxys sp?

A

Hair loss

Dried blood

27
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What does Stomoxys sp cause?

A

Equine infectious anemia

Anthrax

28
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What zoonosis does Stomoxys sp have?

A

Possible anthrax

West nile fever

29
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What bacteria causes anthrax?

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Bacillus anthracis

30
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What is the most important method of control for Stomoxys sp?

A

Sanitation

31
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What is the definitive host of the horn fly?

A 
Cattle
Buffalo
Bison
Horses
Other large animals
32
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What are the clinical signs of a horn fly infestation?

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Decreased milk production
Poor feed efficiency
Reduced weight gain
Painful papules and wheals
Ventral midline dermatitis
33
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What is the pathogenesis of the Horn fly?

A

Host for Stephanofilaria stilesi

34
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What is Stephanofilaria stilesi?

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A filarial parasite that produces plaque-like lesions on the ventral abdomen of cattle

35
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What do horn flies look like?

A

Dark color

Bayonet-like proboscis that protrudes forward from the head

36
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Does the Horn fly cause any zoonosis?

37
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What is the definitive host of the sheep ked?

A

Sheep and Goats

38
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What is the predilection site of Sheep ked?

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Deep within the sheep’s wool or the goat’s fleece

39
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What are the clinical signs of a Sheep ked infestation?

A 
Pruritis
Weight loss
Anemia
Anxiety
Reduction in wool growth
40
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How are sheep ked transmitted?

A

Direct contact with infested animals

41
Q

Sheep Ked are reported to be responsible for the transmission of what viruses and bacteria?

A 
Bartonella spp
Anaplasma spp
Bluetongue virus 
Border disease virus
Rickettsia spp
Trypanosoma malophagium
42
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How is sheep ked treated?

A

With insecticides after shearing, best results are from insecticides that have residual activity of over 3-4 weeks

43
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What is the economic impact of Sheep Ked?

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Reducing the production of meat, milk and wool

44
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When sheep bite and scratch themselves what does it do to the fleece?

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Thin
Ragged
Dirty
Defect in hides

45
Q

What species of flies does the female suck blood?

A 
Simulium spp
Phelbotomine sand flies
Culicoides spp
Anopheles, Aedes, Culex
Chrysops spp
Tabanus spp
46
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What species of flies do both males and females suck blood?

A

Tsetse fly
Stomoxy’s sp
Horn fly
Sheep ked

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