protozoa exam 4

Question 1

main morphological differences between fleas and ticks

Answer 1

fleas/lice: 6 legs, larvae
ticks: 8 legs, nymph stages

Question 2

order for fleas

Answer 2

siphonaptera

Question 3

important genus and species for fleas. dogs and cats

Answer 3

ctenocephalides felis

Question 4

order for lice

Answer 4

phthiraptera.

Question 5

where are the life stages of fleas

Answer 5

only adults on the patients. eggs and larvae are in the environment. infestation through the environment

Question 6

what are fleas a vector for?

Answer 6

c. felis is a vector for diplydidum caninum. dog tape worm. they get it from ingesting fecal material from infected dogs.

Question 7

what type of lice do birds get

Answer 7

they get biting lice only.

Question 8

metamorphosis of lice

Answer 8

simple. immature stages look like the adults

Question 9

transmission of lice

Answer 9

through direct contact because they spend their entire life stages on the host.

Question 10

fleas are ____ flattened while lice are ______ Flattened

Answer 10

laterally, dorsoventrally

Question 11

flies that are found on legs of animals looking upwards

Answer 11

stomoxys calcitrans. stable flies. found in old feces.

Question 12

these flies transmit blue tongue in ruminants.

Answer 12

culicoides. midges

Question 13

vector of vesicular stomatitis

Answer 13

simuliidae. humpback flies.

Question 14

wingless flies

Answer 14

hippoboscidae. found on birds.

Question 15

horse flies. excellent vector due to?

Answer 15

the way the damage and pool blood. feed on many different hosts in 15 minutes. tabinids

Question 16

screw worm? genus and species. importance

Answer 16

cochliomyia hominivorax. irridacated from the us causes myiasis.

Question 17

obligate internal myiasis

Answer 17

bots, grubs, warbles.

Question 18

true bugs that we care about?

Answer 18

(hemiptera). bed bugs and triatomid: kissing bugs.

Question 19

american dog tick

Answer 19

dermacentor variabilis

Question 20

deer tick, black legged tick

Answer 20

ixodes scapularis

Question 21

lone star tick

Answer 21

amblyomma americanum

Question 22

rhipicephalus sanguineus

Answer 22

brown dog tick

Question 23

how do animals get demodex spp

Answer 23

from the dams shortly after birth. considered normal fauna

Question 24

what are otodectes cynotis, what species generally has them?

Answer 24

surface mites. cats

Question 25

which mites have two pair of posterior legs seen from the dorsal view.

Answer 25

scarcoptes scabei

Question 26

genus of bots that are obligate internal parasites

Answer 26

cuterbra (rodent bot) and gasterophilus (horse bot)

Question 27

obligate cutaneous parasites

Answer 27

cochliomyia hominivorax screw worm

Question 28

horse flies genera.

Answer 28

tabanidae

Question 29

flies found on the dorsal surface looking down.

Answer 29

haematobia irritans

Question 30

sand flies genera. they transmit leishmania

Answer 30

phlebotominae

Question 31

host specificity of fleas vs lice

Answer 31

fleas have a broad spectrum and lice have a very narrow spectrum

Question 32

flies that eat ocular secretions- face fly

Answer 32

musca autumnalis

Question 33

vector for heartworm

Answer 33

culicidae, mosquitoes

Question 34

most important way to control flies

Answer 34

manure control, then pesticides