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1
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Where does Musca Autumnalis lay their eggs?

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fresh cattle dung

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What pathogen can musca autumnalis transmit?

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Moraxella bovis - kertaoconjuctivitis

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What is the worm that uses Musca autumnalis as an intermediate host?

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Thelazia (eye worm)

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What 2 types of flies have bayonet like mouth parts?

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Stomoxys (stable fly) and Haematobia (horn fly)

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Where do stomoxys flies lay their eggs?

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decaying vegetable matter

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What are stomoxys flies an intermediate host for?

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Habronema (stomach worm in horses)

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7
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What lesions do stomoxys cause on animals?

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puncture wound that bleeds freely, both female and males suck blood

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What are the hosts of haematobia?

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mostly cattle, sometimes horses

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Where do haematobia flies feed?

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top line, withers, base of horns

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Where do haematobia flies lay their eggs?

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fresh dung

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What is the importance of the haematobia fly?

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millions in economic losses to cattle production through irritation and annoyance

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12
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What uses haematobia fly as an intermediate host?

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Stephanofilaria stillesi (filarial parasite of cattle skin)

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What are the 2 other names for Melophagus ovinus?

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sheep keds, hippoboscid fly

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What kind of fly is Melophagus ovinus?

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hippoboscid fly - wingless dipteran

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What is the life cycle of Melophagus ovinus?

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modified complex metamorphosis - entire life cycle on sheep, gives birth to larvae

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What is the importance of Melophagus ovinus?

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damaged wool - stained with ked feces

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17
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What is the host of most louse flies?

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wild birds - raptors, songbirds, pigeons

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What are characteristics of louse flies?

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long wings, flattened, dark brown

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What is the life cycle of louse flies?

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similar to melophagus, modified complex metamorphosis

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What is the common name for Cochlomyia hominivorax?

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The primary (american) screwworm

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What are the hosts of the primary screwworm?

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any warm blooded mammal, including humans

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What are the characteristics of the primary screwworm?

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distinct band of spines, two breathing tubes are deeply pigmented

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What is the life cycle for the primary screwworm?

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breed only once during life time, lay eggs in clean/fresh wounds

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What is the importance of the primary screwworm?

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must be reported to USDA or state vet

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What is being done to control primary screwworm?

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sterile male release technique

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What is the common name for Hypoderma sp?

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cattle grubs, ox warbles

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What are the characteristics of Hypoderma spp?

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adults have no functioning mouth parts

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28
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What do Hypoderma sp. cause in cattle?

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terror, cause lesions

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29
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What cautions should be taken when treating Hypoderma sp?

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rupture of larvae leads to abscess

do not treat in late fall when they are in submucosa of esophagus

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When is the best time to treat Hypoderma spp?

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summer or early autumn

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31
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What is the common name of Oestrus spp?

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nasal botfly of sheep

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32
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What is the life cycle of Oestrus spp?

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complex modified

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33
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What is false gid?

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larvae of oestrus penetrate cribiform plate and migrate to brain

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34
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What is the pre patent period of the horse botfly in the stomach?

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10-12 months

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35
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What is the scientific name of horse botfly?

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Gasterophilus spp

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36
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What are the common names for cuterebra sp?

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wolves, warbles

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37
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What are the preferred hosts of cuterebra?

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rabbits, mice, squirrels, chipmunks

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38
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What are the accidental hosts of cuterebra?

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cats, dogs, humans

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39
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How do cuterebra get inside host?

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penetrate natural body opening and migrate in subQ tissues, produce large cysts

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40
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What can cuterebra spp cause in dogs and cats?

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fatal cerebral myiasis, feline ischemic encephalopathy

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41
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What flea carries the plague?

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Xenopsylla cheopis

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42
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What is the scientific name for human body louse?

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Pediculus humanus

43
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What are the fleas found on birds?

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Echidnophaga gallinacea

44
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What kind of drugs can you use against lice?

A

same as fleas

45
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What is a chewing lice that infects dogs and transmits diplydium caninum?

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Trichodectes canis

46
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What is the chewing louse of cats? What does it look like?

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Felicola spp., large trangular head

47
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What species does Damalinia (bovicola) cheweing lice infect?

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cattle, horses, sheep, goats

48
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What is the genus of bed bugs?

49
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What is the common name of pentastomes?

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tongue worms

50
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What does the mouth of a pentastome look like?

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surrounded by four hooked claws

51
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What is the definitive host for pentastomes?

52
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What is the canine pentastome?

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Linguatula serrata

53
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What are the clinical signs of canine pentastome (Linguatala serrata)?

A

difficulty breathing

54
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What are two ticks that can cause tick paralysis?

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dermacentor and amblyomma

55
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What do hard ticks have that make them hard?

56
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What hard tick transmits berrelia burgdorferi (lyme disease)

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Ixodes scapularis

57
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What characterizes Ixodes ticks?

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anal groove is distinct

58
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What ways is lyme disease spread through ixodes ticks?

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interstadial transmission, a larval tick carries it and transmits after it molts

59
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Which hard tick has the most virulent tick paralysis?

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Ixodes holocyclus - in austrailia

60
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What is the wild host of babesia?

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white tailed deer

61
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What is important about the spread of babesia among ticks?

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Transovarian transmission: incorporated into ovary - nymph and adult progeny can transmit

62
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Where is babesia reportable in bovines?

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US and europe

63
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What can babesia cause in equine?

64
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What are the characteristics of the dermacentor tick?

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festoons, ornate, dark brown with white color on scutum

65
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What can dermacentor ticks transmit that is uniformaly fatal diz in cats? What is the ddx?

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Cytauzoon felis - death occurs in 24 hours

dog: hepatazoon?

66
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What are the 2 species of dermacentor ticks that can transmit cytauzoon felis?

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D. andersoni an D. variabilis

67
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What tick is very prevelent in grenada? what does it look like?

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Rhipicephalus

68
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What can rhipicephalus ticks transmit?

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ehrlichia (others - hepatozoon, piroplasmosis)

69
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What tick can transmit hepatozoon americanum?

70
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What may amblyomma ticks do in humans?

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cause meat allergy

71
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How can dogs get H. canis?

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ingesting rhipicephalus sanguineus tick containing sporulated oocysts

72
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How can dogs get H. americanum?

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ingesting Amblyomma tick containing sporulated oocysts

73
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What are the clinical signs of H. americanum?

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periosteal proliferation (fever, neutrophilic leukocytosis, myalgia, weakness)

74
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What is the treatment for H. americanum?

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no treatment!

75
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What 2 soft ticks do we need to know?

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Argas - the fowl tick

Otobius megnini - spinose ear tick

76
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What can the argus tick larvae cause in young chickens?

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tick paralysis, fatal flaccid paralysis

77
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What tick life cycles are found attached to the ears in otobius megnini?

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larval and nymphal

78
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What are the CS of otobius megnini in horses?

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muscle crampin, colic-like, sweating, muscle tremors, muscle fasciculations

79
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What is the common name of ophionyssus natricis? What are the CS?

A

snake mite

difficulty shedding skin

80
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What technique is used to diagnose mesostigmatid mites?

A

berlese technique

81
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What is the mesostigmatid mite that causes sneezzing and rhinitis in dogs?

A

Pneumonyssoides

82
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What species is sarcoptes spp reportable in?

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all LA except swine

83
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What are the characteristics of sarcoptes mites?

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long, unsegmented pedicles

84
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What mite causes pruritis so intense that guinea pigs are subject to fits and seizures?

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Trixacurus caviae (also seen in chewing lice)

85
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What mite causes scaly leg in chickens and turkeys?

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Knemidokoptes mutans

86
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What are the characteristics of psroptes mites?

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long, three segmented pedicels

87
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What mite is reportable in ALL large animal species? What disease does it cause?

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psorptes ovis

scab mange - doesnt burrow

88
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What mite is found in rabbits and causes otitis externa?

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Psoroptes cuniculi

89
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What is the superficial dwelling mite in cattle, sheep, horses, and hedgehogs?

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Chorioptes bovis

90
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What are the characteristics of chorioptes bovis mite?

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short, unsegmened pedicel

91
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What does chorioptes cause in horses?

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dermatitis of the legs, near the mane and tail

92
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What does chorioptes cause in hedgehogs?

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pruritis and loss of quills

93
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Where is otodectes mites found in dogs, cats, and ferrets?

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external ear canal an adjacent skin

94
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What are the characteristics of otodectes mite?

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short, unsegmented pedicels

95
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Where do demodex mites live?

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hair follicles and sebaceous glands of mammals (and humans) but not zoonotic - species specific

96
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If a puppy comes in with localized hair loss and cigar shaped mite, what is it?

97
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Where do puppies get demodex mites?

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from moms during nursing

98
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What are the clincal signs of persistant demodex?

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generalized hair loss and scaling

99
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What can predispose dogs to demodex?

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T-cell autosomal recessive gene

100
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What are the CS of demodex in cattle?

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egg sized nodules on neck and forequarters

101
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What are the defining characteristics of cheyletiella?

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big palpabal claws

102
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What are the CS of cheyletiella mites?

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walking dandruff - bran like exfoliativee dermatitis

103
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What species are the mite larvae parasitic and is zoonotic?

A

chiggers (mite)

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