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L5: Flies & Myiasis (MOST UTD) Flashcards

1
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what does oviparous mean

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flies lay eggs

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2
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what does ovoviparious mean

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flies release larvae

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3
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what does hematophagous mean

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flies feed on blood

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4
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what is myiasis

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larval stage of fly feeds on host tissues

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5
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consequences of biting flies

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  • disrupt normal behavior
  • inflammatory response to bites leads to further disruptive behaviors
  • pruritis, dermatitis, scratching, biting etc
  • transmit pathogens
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6
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how do non-biting flies irritate/damage the mucous membranes of their hosts

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spines on their mouthpart

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7
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consquences of non-biting flies

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  • transmit pathogens
  • myiasis can cause: tissue destruction, secondary bacterial infections and obstruction of respiratory / GI tracts
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what are the 3 important genus of mosquitoes to know

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  • Aedes
  • Anopheles
  • Culex
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9
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what are two important pathogens transmitted by mosquitoes

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  • Canine heartworm
  • plasmodium - malaria
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10
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this fly causes simuliotoxicosis

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Black flies
toxins build up in animals bitten by LOTS of black flies, causes them to go into shock and die

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11
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what are the 2 important species of black flies (Simuliidae)

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  • Leucocytozoon spp. (devastating to birds, esp poultry)
  • Simulium - feed on blood of birds/mammals
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12
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Musca autumnalis

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face fly
feed on ocular/nasal discharge of livestock

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Musca domestica

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  • housefly
  • most abundant insect pest associated w/ livestock, poultry and people
  • feed on ocular/nasal discharge and other bodily fluids
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14
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important species of Midges

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Culicoides spp.
biters of mammals and birds

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15
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important parasite transmitted by midges

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Leucocytozoon

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16
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what fly causes equine allergic dermatitis

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Midges (Culicoides spp)

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17
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2 important species of Sandflies

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  • Lutzomyia (new world)
  • Phlebotomus (old world)
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18
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pathogen carried by Sandflies

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Leishmania spp.

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19
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Tabanus

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horseflies

20
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Chrysops

A

deerflies

21
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pathogen carries by Horseflies (Tabanus) & Deerflies (Chrysops)

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Trypanosoma spp
has large impact on hoofstock

22
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Haematobia spp

A

horn flies

23
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where do Haematobia spp. (hornflies) live in relation to their host

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live on cattle

24
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Stomoxys spp.

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Stable flies

25
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where do Stomoxys spp. (stable flies) live in relation to their host

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on the legs

26
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Hippoboscidae

A

keds or louse flies

27
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Melophagus ovinus

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Sheep ked
wingless, spend their entire life cycle on the host

28
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Glossinidae

A

tsetes flies
(Glossina spp.)

29
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Tsetes flies (Glossinidae) are vectors of what pathogen?

A

Trypanosoma bruceri
* causes nagara in domestic animals
* causes sleeping sickness in humans

30
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obligae myiasis

A

larvae require a live host for food

31
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facultative myiasis

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larvae eat dead flesh (carrion) or sometimes infest a live animal

32
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Wohlfahrita vigil

A

gray flesh fly
-obligate myiasis

33
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what type of myiasis do Wohlfahrita vigil exhibit

A

(gray flesh flies)
obligate myiasis

34
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two important species of Blowflies

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  • Cochliomyia hominivorax (new world screwworm) : obligae myiasis
  • Lucilia sericata (common green bottle fly): facultative myiasis
35
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Cochliomyia hominivorax

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new world screwworm
type of blowfly

36
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what type of myiasis do cochliomyia hominivorax exhibit

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obligate
(new world screwworm)

37
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what type of myiasis do Lucilia sericata exhibit

A

facultative
(Common green bottle fly)

38
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Oestridae

A

botflies

39
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what type of myiasis do Oestridae (botflies) exhibit

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oestridae = botflies
obligate myiasis
adults don’t feed

40
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Oestrus ovis

A

Sheep nasal botfly

41
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Hypoderma spp.

A

Heel flies

42
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Gasterophilus spp.

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Horse botlfies
cause GI myiasis

43
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Cuterebra spp.

A

botflies of rabbits and rodents

44
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consequences of Cuterebra spp. in dogs and cats

A

complications caused by wandering alrvae
- myiasis of eye, nasal, oral regions
- cerebrospinal cuterebriasis (potentially fatal)

normal hosts are rabbits and rodents

45
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fly that can cause cerebrospinal cuterebriasis in dogs/cats

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Cuterebra spp. of botflies

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