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Lice Flashcards

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Oder of Lice

A

Phthiraptera

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What is are the suborders of lice?

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Anoplura (sucking lice)
Mallophaga (chewing lice)

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What are the general characteristics of lice?

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3 pairs of legs
Dorsoventrally flattened body
Wingless
Distinct head, thorax and abdomen

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4
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Life cycle of lice

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Eggs —> nymph —> adult

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Anoplura characteristics

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Sucking lice
Head narrower than thorax
Feed by sucking blood or tissue fluid
Mammals only

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Mallophaga characteristics

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Chewing lice
Head as wide or wider than thorax
Feed by chewing hair, feathers, or dead skin
Mammals and birds

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What types of lice found in dogs?

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Anoplura: Linognathus setosus and Heterodoxus spiniger
Mallophaga: Trichodectes Canis

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What types of lice are found in cats?

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Mallophaga: Felicola substratus

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What types of lice are found in humans?

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Anoplura: Pediculus humanus capitus, Pediculus humanus humanus and Pthirus pubis

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What lice is found on rats?

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Anoplura: Polyplax Spinulosa

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What lice are found in mice?

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Anoplura: Polyplax serrata

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What lice are found in Guinea pigs?

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Anoplura: Gliricola porcelli, Gyropus ovalis, Trimenopon hispidum

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What Anoplura lice are found in cows?

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Haematopinus eurysternus
Haematopinus quadripertusus
Haematopinus tuberculatus
Linognathus vituli
Solenopotes capilatus

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14
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What mallophaga lice are found in cows?

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Damalinia Bovis

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What lice is found in sheep?

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Anoplura: Linognathus ovillus
Linognathus pedalis
Linognathus africanus
Mallophaga: Damalinia ovis

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16
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What anoplura lice are found in goat?

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Linognathus africanus
Linognathus stenopsis

17
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What mallophaga lice are found in goats?

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Damalinia caprae
Damalinia crassipes
Damalinia limbata

18
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What lice are found in horses?

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Anoplura: Haematopinus asini
Mallophaga: Damalinia equi

19
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What lice is found in pigs?

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Anoplura: Haematopinus suis

20
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What lice is found in birds?

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Mallophaga: Menopon sp.

21
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Lice as vectors

A

Animal diseases like swine pox transmits by Haematopinus suis

22
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What human diseases does lice cause?

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Relapsing fever (Borrelia bacteria)
Trench Fever (human rickettsial disease)

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