Prevention Of Fleas, Ticks, Mites

Question 1

Characteristics of fleas

Answer 1

Small, laterally compressed, hard bodied that lack wings

Question 2

Control methods for fleas

Answer 2

Avoid infested areas

PPE

Repellant

Question 3

Flea treatments of breeding areas

Answer 3

To prevent entries to structures,
Spray the foundation to a height 2-3 feet

Wall surfaces 2 feet above

Question 4

Characteristics of hard tick

Answer 4

hard covering called the scutum

Question 5

Hard ticks carry

Answer 5

Lyme disease

Tick bone rickettsioses

Rocky Mountain

Question 6

Soft ticks carry

Answer 6

Relapsing or recurrent fever

Question 7

Characteristics of scabies or itch mite

Answer 7

Burrows into horny layer dermis

Intense itching and erythema

Question 8

Characteristics of bed bugs

Answer 8

Flat, reddish brown, wingless with a idc king mouthparts

Not known to vector human diseases

Nocturnal feeders

Question 9

Pesticide application for bed bugs

Answer 9

Racks
Corners of bunks
Empty lockers
Springs
Canvas
Stanchions
Sides mattresses

Question 10

Control measures for mite infested foods

Answer 10

Dispose infested material

Sanitation of food storage

Residual sprays

Question 11

Characteristics of scabies or itch mite

Answer 11

Burrows into horny layer of dermis

Causes intense itching and occasionally erythema

Question 12

Chief vector of bubonic plague and flea borne typhus

Answer 12

Oriental rat flea