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Ecto
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Living on outside
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Chitinous
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Outer shell or ectoskeleton
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Insects
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3 pairs of legs & 3 body parts
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What are the 3 parts?
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Head, Thorax, Abdomen
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Arachnids
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4 pairs of legs & 2 body parts
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What are the body parts?
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Cephalothorax & Abdomen
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Infection of lice
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Pediculosis> Small and wingless
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Biting lice
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Felicola subrostratus (cat) & Tichodectes canis (dog)
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What do biting lice look like?
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Dorso-ventrally flattened
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Sucking lice
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Linognathus setosus (dog)
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Fleas latin name
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Tenocefalidees
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What pathogens do they transmit?
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Tapeworm, Felv, Feline infectious anaemia
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Ctenocephalidees felis
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Cat flea
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Ctenocephalidees Canis
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Dog flea
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Spillopsyllus caniculi
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Rabbit flea
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What is F.A.D
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Flea Allergic Dermatitis
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How do animals get this?
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Flea Saliva
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Dipteran fleas
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Fly Strike (invasion of living tissue)
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Mites
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Permanent parasites except for thrombicula autumnalis
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Burrowing mites
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Small tunnels where they lay there eggs
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Burrowing mites
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Sacroptes Scabiei, Notoedres, Cnemidocoptes, Demodex
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Sacroptes Scabiei
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Zoonotic, Dogs, Cats and Horses, mange in rodents
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Notoedres
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Cats/rats
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Cnemidocoptes
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Birds
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Symptoms of Sacroptes Scabiei, Notoedres & Cnemidocoptes
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Hairloss, thickened & inflammed skin
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Demodex
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Cigar shaped, effects young & immunosuppressed animals, commensal, each species has there own form of demodex
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Surface mites
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Otodectes Cynotis, Cheyletiella, Trombicula autumnalis, Psoroptes, Choriopres, Dermanyssus
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Otodectes Cynotis
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Dog, Cat, Ferret> live in ear canal, Dark brown wax
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What is special about Otodectes Cynotis?
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Macroscopic- White moving dots
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Signs of Otodectes Cynotis
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Secondary Bacteria ( head shaking & ear rubbing) inflammation/ redness, haematoma of ear pinna
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Cheyletiella
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"Walking dandruff" mainly seen on rabbits, skin trauma & Hairloss
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Trombicula autumnalis
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Orange/ red pins heads found between toes of infected pets & cause intense irritation when they feed
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Psoroptes
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( Rabbits) inside ear pinna
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Chorioptes
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(Horse) found in feathered fet locks
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Dermanyssus
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Sucks blood of chicks & can cause severe anaemia
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Ticks
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Can cause severe anaemia and lymes disease
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Dog tick
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Ixodes Canisuga
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Sheep, Dog and Cat tick
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Ixodes Ricinus
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Hedgehog tick
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Ixodes Hezagonus
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Rickettsias & Chlamydias
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Both possess a cell wall & live inside another cell
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Mechanical Vectors
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Inanimate Objects
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Biological Vectors
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Organisms
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Tick Infection
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Ehrilichia Canis
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Diagnosis of Rickettsias & Chlamydia
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Cytology ( blood smears) & Antibody titres
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Mycoplasma
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Tiny bacteria like organisms & havebspecialised cells
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