(Ticks and Mites) by V.M. Venturina Flashcards
1
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Name the general tick biology.
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- Live in all habitats
- Feed on any kind of host
- Year-round in tropics; seasonal in temperate
- obligate temporary parasites
2
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Enumerate at least 3 bacteria causing disease present in saliva of ticks that are transmitted within 8-24 hours after attachment
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Ehrlichia
Anaplasma
Rickettsia
3
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A bacteria transmitted by ticks which may need to undergo multiplication and antigenic variation to become infective and transmitted between 37-48 hours
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Borrelia spp.
4
Q
Sporozoites of Babesia are usually transmitted how many hours after the ticks attach to the host?
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48-96 hrs
5
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How many minutes will it take for ticks to successfully inoculate viruses?
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15 mins
6
Q
How many pair of legs does tick larva have?
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3 pairs
7
Q
How many pairs of legs does adult ticks have?
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4 pairs of legs
8
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Family known as the soft ticks
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Argasidae
9
Q
Give the scientific name of fowl/poultry tick
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Argas persicus
10
Q
Give at least 2 diseases transmitted by fowl ticks of with their respective causative agents
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Spirochetosis - Borrelia anserina
Avian piroplasmosis - Aegyptianella pullorum
11
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Give the scientific name for spinose ear tick.
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Otobius megnini
12
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Which stage of spinose ear tick are parasitic and how many months can it remain in the ears?
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Nymphs and larvae (2-3 months)
13
Q
Which stage of Ornithodoros moubata is parasitic?
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Nymph and adult
14
Q
Give the scientific name for relapsing fever tick
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Ornithodoros sp.
15
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These species are large and body of unfed tick is flattened dorsoventrally
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Ixodidae
16
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Give at least 3 general morphology of hard ticks
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- Body divided into gnathosoma and idiosoma
- No antennae and eyes
- Distinct sexual dimorphism
17
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It refers to the row of posterior uniform rectangular regions or notch
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Festoons
18
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Present in coxa of hard ticks which may be important for identification.
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Spurs
19
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A unique, complex sensory organ used for host location of ticks found in the first tarsus of front legs
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haller’s organ
20
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These ticks are known to have colored patterns, enamel-like areas on the body
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Ornate ticks
21
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These ticks are identified by their uncolored body patterns
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Inornate ticks
22
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Give at least 3 inornate ticks
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Boophilus
Rhipicephalus
Hyalomma
23
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Give at least 3 ornate ticks
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Haemaphysalis
Amblyomma
Dermacentor
24
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For tick anatomy, this refers to the respiratory openings in adults and nymph.
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Stigmata
25
A capsule or mass implanted into the female gonopore by chelicerae and hypostome during mating of ticks.
Spermatophore
26
Which tick mouthpart is used for food processing?
Chelicerae
27
Which tick mouthpart is used for grasping, movement, and sensory?
Pedipalps
28
Which tick mouthpart is used for anchorage?
Hypostome
29
Which tick mouthpart is fused coxae of palp and used for taxonomy?
Basis of capituli
30
Name three ticks that are one-host ticks
Boophilus microplus
Boophilus annulatus
Boophilus decoloratus
31
Name at least 2 two-host ticks
Rhipicephalus bursa
Rhipicephalus evertsi
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A type of tick which each stage of development takes place on different or on the same host
Three-host ticks
33
Name at least 3 three-host ticks
Rhipicephalus appendiculatus
Rhipicephalus sanguineus
Ixodes ricinus
34
This is the largest genus in the Ixodidae describes as small, inornate ticks without eyes or festoons
Ixodes
35
Give the common names for Ixodes ricinus
European sheep tick
Castor bean tick
36
Give the scientific name for british dog tick which is not an important vector but cause dermatitis, pruritus and alopecia.
Ixodes canisuga
37
Give the scientific name for hedgehog tick
Ixodes hexagonus
38
Known as the blue ticks.
Boophilus decoloratus
39
Known as the North American Cattle
Tick or Texas Fever Cattle Tick
Boophilus annulatus
40
Most common tick in the Philippines known as the tropical cattle tick
Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus
41
Give the scientific name for brown dog tick or kennel tick
Rhipicephalus sanguineus
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Known as the brown ear tick
Rhipicephalus appendiculatus
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Known as the red-legged tick which affects wild and domestic animals in Africa
Rhipicephalus evertsi
44
Which hard ticks are known as the vector of Rickettsia ricketsii, the causative agent of rocky mountain spotted fever?
Dermacentor variabilis, D. andersoni
45
Give the scientific name for tropical horse tick
Dermacentor nitens
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Give the scientific name for pacific coast tick
Dermacentor occidentalis
47
Give the scientific name for winter tick /elk, moose, or horse tick
Dermacentor albipictus
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Common name of Dermacentor andersoni/venustus
Rocky mountain wood tick
49
Known as the yellow dog tick
Haemaphysalis leachi leachi
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Known as the rabbit tick
Haemaphysalis leporispalustris
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Known as the bird tick
Haemaphysalis chordeilis
52
Which Hyalomma spp affects tortoise?
Hyalomma aegyptium
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The causative agent for sweating sickness in cattle
Hyalomma truncatum
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Known as the lone star tick recognized by their white spot on the scutum
Amblyomma americanum
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Known as the tropical bont tick
Amblyomma variegatum
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Known as the bont tick
Amblyomma hebraeum
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Causative agent of heartwater disease
Rickettsia ruminantium
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Genus exclusive for reptiles such as phytons, snakes, lizards, etc
Genus Aponomma
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Known as the argentine tick that attack horses and cattle
Margaropus winthemi
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Affects giraffe described as beady-legged tick
Margaropus reidi
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Give at least 3 habits of ticks that make them effective vectors of diseases
* Attach securely to their host
* Lengthy feeding period
* Feeding on a number of different host
* Long-lived ticks
* Female lays large number of eggs
* Can survive for lengthy period without feeding
* Transtadial and transovarial
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Known as the tropical fowl mite affecting birds and man in tropical countries
Ornithonyssus bursa
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Common name of Dermanyssus gallinae
Red/Northern mite of poultry
64
Known as the house mouse mite which is a common house allergen
Allodermanyssus sanguineus
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The causative agent of rickettsial pox in man which is transmitted by house mouse mite
Rickettsia acari
66
Known as the chigger or harvest mites
Thrombiculidae
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Which mites have velvet appearance and furrowed body?
THROMBICULIIDS
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Which genera and species of thrombiculidae is a vector of mite/scrub typhus?
Thrombicula akamushi
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Known as the leg itch which affects pastern, coronet, and heel of sheeps in Queensland
Thrombicula sarcina
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These thrombidiforms cause dermatitis with exfoliative forms characterized as "walking dandruff"
Cheyletiella spp
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Known as the rabbit fur mites
Cheyletiella parasitivorax
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Name at least 3 Families of Astigmata
SARCOPTIDAE “mange mites”
PSOROPTIDAE “scab mites”
ANALGESIDAE “feather mites” DERMOGLYPHIDAE
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Causes ear mange or ear canker in cats
Notoedres cati
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Give 2 species that cause ear cranker in rabbbits.
Notoedres cati var. cuniculi
Psoroptes cuniculi
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Known as the tongue form found in nasal passages of dogs, horses, sheep and goats
Linguatula serrata
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Larvae of Crustacea are called as?
Nauplius
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It refers to the hard covering surface present in crustacea.
Carapace
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Found in skin of ornamental fishes like koi and goldfish
Lernaea sp.
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Known as the gill louse found in gills of ornamental fishes
Ergasilus sp
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Known as the fish louse found in skin of marine and freshwater fish
Argulus sp
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Ehrlichia, Anaplasma, and Rickettsia are transmitted within how many hours after tick attachment?
8-24 hours
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Borrelia transmission typically occurs after how many hours of tick attachment?
36-48 hours
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Babesia sporozoites are usually transmitted between how many hours?
48-96 hours
84
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of ticks?
a) Wingless
b) Presence of antennae
c) Obligate blood-feeding
d) Breathe through lung books and trachea
Presence of antennae
85
Argas persicus is commonly known as the:
a) Spinose ear tick
b) Relapsing fever tick
c) Fowl tick
d) Black-legged tick
Fowl tick
86
Which tick family has all parasitic stages?
Argasidae
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Otobius megnini is commonly known as the:
a) Fowl tick
b) Spinose ear tick
c) Relapsing fever tick
d) Castor bean tick
Spinose ear tick
88
Adult Otobius megnini are:
a) Parasitic
b) Non-parasitic
Non-parasitic
89
Ornithodoros moubata primarily attacks:
a) Cattle
b) Dogs
c) Man and animals in Africa
d) Birds in Australia
Man and animals in Africa
90
What is the basis capitulum used for in ticks?
Taxonomy
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How do male ticks transfer spermatophores?
a) Through their legs
b) Through their hypostome
c) Through their chelicerae
d) Through their pedipalps
Through their chelicerae
92
Which tick type completes its entire parasitic development on one host?
One-host tick
93
Which tick genus is the largest in Ixodidae?
a) Rhipicephalus
b) Boophilus
c) Ixodes
d) Ornithodoros
Ixodes
94
Ixodes ricinus is also known as the:
a) Spinose ear tick
b) Castor bean tick
c) British dog tick
d) Relapsing fever tick
Castor bean tick
95
Ixodes ricinus is associated with:
a) Demodicosis
b) Tick paralysis in cattle
c) Fowl spirochetosis
d) Red mange
Tick paralysis in cattle
96
Ixodes canisuga is also known as the:
a) Castor bean tick
b) British dog tick
c) Relapsing fever tick
d) Paralysis tick
British dog tick
97
Neochongastia philippinensis attacks:
a) Cattle
b) Dogs
c) Chickens, turkeys, and quails
d) Humans
Chickens, turkeys, and quails
98
Demodex mites primarily live in:
a) Bloodstream
b) Hair follicles and sebaceous glands
c) Lungs
d) Intestines
Hair follicles and sebaceous glands
99
Demodex transmission occurs via:
a) Tick bites
b) Direct contact with dam
c) Contaminated water
d) Airborne particles
Direct contact with dam
100
Squamous demodicosis is characterized by:
a) Pustules
b) Focal alopecia and thickened skin
c) Systemic infection
d) High fever
Focal alopecia and thickened skin
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Generalized demodicosis is also known as:
Red mange
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Pustular demodicosis often involves a concomitant infection with:
a) Borrelia
b) Staphylococcus
c) Babesia
d) Ehrlichia
Staphylococcus
