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What is Ctenocephalide Felis more commonly known as?

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Cat flea

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What is Ctenocephalide Canis more commonly known as?

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Dog flea

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What is Trichodectes Canis more commonly known as?

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Biting louse of the dog

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What is Felicola subrostratus more commonly known as?

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Biting louse of the cat

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What is Otodectes cynotis more commonly known as?

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Ear mite

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What is Chyletiella more commonly known as?

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Walking dandruff

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What is sarcoptes?

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a mite that burrows under the son and lays eggs

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What is Demodex?

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cigar shaped inhabitants of hair follicles

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What is the technical name for a cat flea?

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Ctenocephalide Felis

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What is the technical name for a dog flea?

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Ctenocephalide Canis

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What is the technical name for biting louse of the dog?

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Trichodectes canis

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What is the technical name for biting louse of the cat?

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Felicola subrostratus

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What is the technical name for an ear mite?

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Otodectes cynotis

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What is the technical name for walking dandruff?

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Chyletiella

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What parasite is wingless, laterally flattened, dark brown insects with specialised legs and adapted mouth parts for piercing skin and sucking blood?

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Ctenocephalides felis or canis

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Which Ctenocephalide has the shorter front comb?

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ctenocephalide canis

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Which Ctenocephalide has a sloping forehead?

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Ctenocephalide Felis

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Which Ctenocephalide species is more commonly found on mammals?

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Ctenocephalide felis

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in the right conditions how long does the life cycle of Ctenocephalides felis or canis take?

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12 days

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What are the stages of the Ctenocephalides life cycle?

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Egg stage
Larval stage
Pupal stage
Adult stage

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What parasite has bell shaped suckers on the end of unjointed pedicles?

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Otodectes cynotis

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Where on the body would you normally find otodectes cynotis?

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the external ear canal

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what colour are otodectes cynotis?

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White

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What species are most commonly infected with otodectes cynotis?

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cats, dogs and ferrets

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how long is the normal life cycle of otodectes cynotis?
18-21 days
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What are the stages of the life cycle of otodectes cynotis?
Egg stage larvae stage 2 Nymph stages Adult stage
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What parasite has peg legs and spines on its dorsal surface and burrows into the stratum corneum of the skin to lay eggs?
Sarcoptes scabiei
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What species are most likely to be infected with Sarcoptes Scabiei?
``` Foxes Dogs Horses Cats Rabbits ```
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What are the life cycle stages of the Sarcoptes Scabiei?
Egg Larvae Nymphs Adult mite
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How long is the life cycle of Sarcoptes Scabiei?
18-21 days
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What parasite is cigar shaped with legs that are arranged in pairs at the from of the body?
Demodex
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how long is the life cycle of demodex?
approximately 21 days
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Where do demodex usually live on the body?
hair follicles
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What parasite lives on the skin and has large claw life mouth parts?
Cheyletiella
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What species is Cheyletiella most commonly found on?
cats dogs rabbits
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How long is the life cycle of cheyletiella?
18-21 days
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what are the stages in the life cycle of cheyletiella?
egg larva nymph adult mite
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What are Nematodes?
Thread like roundworms
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What are Ascarids?
the largest round worms
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What are Cestodes?
Flat tapeworms
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What are Trematodes?
Flukes or flat worms
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What is a Parasite?
one eukaryotic organism living off another (the host) to the advantage of the parasite
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What is an Ectoparasite?
Lives on the outside of the host
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What is an Endoparasite?
Lives inside the host
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What is a Eukaryote?
An organism in which the chromosomes are enclosed in a nucleus (this includes animals, plants and fungi)
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What is a direct life cycle?
the parasite passes directly from one host to the next without having to infect an alternative or intermediate host
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What is an indirect life cycle?
the parasite requires one of more intermediate hosts to complete its life cycle
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What is a Definitie host?
the primary host in which the parasite reaches maturity and of applicable reproduces sexually
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What is an intermediate host?
the secondary host in which the parasite undergoes some stages of its development but without sexual reproduction
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What is a Paratenic host?
An organism in which the parasite can survive but does not develop further
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What is a Vector?
an organism that can physically transmit a parasite from one host to another
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What is pediculosis?
infection with lice
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What is Dipylidium Caninum more commonly known as?
Tapeworm
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What is Ixodes canisuga more commonly known as?
Dog tick
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What are the most common ticks seen on small animals, horses and sheep and hedgehogs?
Ixodes ricinus | Ixodes hexagonus
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what is Ixodes ricinus more commonly known as?
Sheep tick
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what is Ixodes hexagonus more commonly known as?
Hedgehog tick
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What is the name of the infection that ticks transmit that causes lyme disease?
Borrelia Burgdorferi
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what is the technical term for tapeworms?
Cestodes
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What is the technical term for roundworms?
nematodes
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What are Flukes?
worms found in the liver of sheep and cattle
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What are protozoal parasites?
small unicellular organisms
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What are Helminths?
Worms
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What is Echinococcus granulosus?
Tapeworm found in dogs
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What is Dipylidium caninum?
Tapeworm found in cats and dogs
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What is a scolex of a tapeworm?
The head
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What is the scolex used for?
To attach to the hosts intestine using suckers and the rostellum where present
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What is the rostellum of a tapeworm?
The anterior part of the scolex, present in most tapeworms; it is a protrusible cone and is armed with hooks in some species
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What is the strobila in tapeworms?
The chain of individual segments
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What is the proglottid in tapeworms?
The name for each individual segments that makes up the strobila

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