L5: Flies and Myiasis Flashcards
Physical charaacteristic of all Flies (Diptera)
- adults have 1 pair of wings
- halteres (modified hindwings)
what type of metamorphosis (complete or incomplete) do flies (Diptera) undergo
Complete (holometabolous)
egg - larva - pupa - adult
most flies are oviparous, what does that mean
lay eggs that hatch
what are hematophagous species of flies
feed on host blood w/ biting mouth
what is myiasis
flies feed on host animal tissue
causes tissue destruction + can lead to secondary infections
what group of flies contains myiasis larvae
Cyclorrhapha
Clinical importance of biting flies
cause painful/irritating bites, disrupt normal behavhior
* production loss
* severe reactions can lead to alopecia + secondary bacterial infections
* severe blood loss can occur
* pathoegens transmitted
clinical importance of non-biting flies
- irritate animals, disrupt normal behavior
- production loss
- irritation/damage to mucous membranes
- transmission of pathogens
diagnosis of fly infection
detection of:
* adults on/near host
* eggs on host (botflies)
* larvae on/near host
* larvae in feces or nost
3 components of a comprehensive fly control prorgram
- reduce host exposure to adult flies; eliminate egg/larvae on or in host
- control existing environmental infestation
- prevent re-infestation of host and or environment
prevention of adult fly prevelance
- insecticides
- oral insect growth regulators
- repellants, fly masks, smudge pots
- shelter animals during peak fly hours
treatment and prevention of myiasis
- insecticides
- macrocylic lactones (ivermectin)
- physical removal from host
pathogens caused by mosquitoes (culicidae)
- canine heartworm (filarioid nematodes)
- plasmodium (malaria)
- many viruses- west nile, EEE, rift valley fever, etc
type of nematocera that feeds on the blood of birds and mammals
blackflies (simuliidae)
pathogens caused by blackflies (simuliidae)
- Leucocytozoon
- filariod nematodes
- vesicular stomatitis
what flies cause simuliotoxicosis
blackflies (simuliidae)
pathogens carried by midges
- Filarioid nematodes
- leucocytozoon & Haemoproteus
many viruses: bluetongue, african horse sickness, etc
What type of Nematocera are Culicoides spp.
midges
Lutzomyia (new world) and Phlebotomus (old world) are what type of flies
Sandflies
pathogens caused by sandflies
Leishmania
vesicular stomatitis virus
Tabanus are ?
horseflies
Chrysops are ?
Deerflies