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66 Cards in this Set
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with sucking lice, how long does the egg to egg cycle take?
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28 days
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how many eggs does a female flea lay in its lifetime?
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2000
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What must a cat flea larvae do to complete its development?
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Ingest blood albumin
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Where do fleas overwinter?
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pupa stage in indoor environment
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In the midwest, how long does the flea to flea cycle take?
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28 days
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Does demodex affect humans?
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no
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name a mite that is reportable
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Psoroptes
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What mite burrows extensively
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sarcoptes
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Which mite produces problems in dogs due to inherited immune deficiency?
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Demodex
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Which avian mite lives in the lungs and air sacs of canaries and parakeets?
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Sternostoma
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How long is the cycle for ear mites?
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3 weeks
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What is the tickk vector for the newly recognized Lyme disease-type illness called STARI?
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Amblyomma
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How many legs do larval ticks have?
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6
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What tick is commonly found in vet clinics, kennels and homes?
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brown dog tick
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What was the first arthropod shown to transmit a vector borne disease?
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Cattle fever tick
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What is the Lonestar tick a vector for?
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Tularemia, Rocky Mountian spotted fever, Q fever
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What is the vector for Chagas disease
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Triatomid bug
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Vector for Nagana?
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Tse Tse fly
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Vector for Leishmaniasis?
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Sand fly
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vector for palgue
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flea
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Vector for Eastern Equine Encephalitis
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Mosquito
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vector for Myiasis
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Screwwowrm
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control of mosquitos is most effective when based on what?
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larval control
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The #1 fly problem in the US is:
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Stable Fly
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Bots found in the neck area of dogs and cats are most likely picked up from where?
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larvae in rabbit burrows
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Which mite is described as walking dandruff?
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Cheyletiella
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In the midwest, lice tend to be a problem in cattle during what season?
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winter
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The chewing lice are primarily found on what animal?
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birds
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Scabies, due to Sarcoptes is most commonly seen in what animal(s)?
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pigs and dogs
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why are ticks hard to remove?
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they cement their hypostome to the host
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How does "Program" work?
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Inhibits chitin formation
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which stage of "chiggers" are parasitic?
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larval
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What parasite infests the external ear canals of wild ungulates?
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Otobius megnini
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Which parasite has an anal groove anterior to the anus?
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I. scapularis
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Which two arthropods life cycles include a comples or complete metamorphosis?
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Mosquito and lice
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Which insect larvae are found in running or fast moving rivers or streams?
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black flies
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"Sweet Itch" or spring summer Recurrent Dermatitis is an equine hypersensitivity to salivary secretions from what insect?
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Culicoides
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Tabinids serve as vectors for what?
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EIA and Anaplasma marginale
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what two flies only reproduce in cattle dung?
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Horn fly
face fly |
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Which myiasis causing fly is reportable if found in the US?
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Cochliomyia hominivorax
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How is demodex diagnosed?
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deep skin scraping
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What is the most important mite affecting swine?
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Sarcoptes scabiei
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How long must a flea feed before it ingests enough advantage to kill it?
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It doesn't need to feed
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Why do chiggers produce an intense puritis?
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larvae inject fluids which liquify host cells
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When is the cattle taillouse a problem?
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during the summer
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Why do ticks emerge a particular time of year?
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hatching is temp dependant
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where do sheep nasal bots live?
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in the sinuses of the head
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what is the causative agent of lyme disease like illness in dogs?
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Borrelia Lonestari
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what kind of tick has multiple nymphal stages?
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soft ticks
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I. sccapularis is a _______ host tick
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3
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what is the only cattle lice species which is a summer problem in southern regions?
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Haematopinus quadripertusus
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Anopluron (sucking lice) are found where?
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exclusively on mammals
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Do stable flies disperse over long distances?
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yes
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Are stable flies pests of cattle?
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yes
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do stable flies feed on dogs?
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yes
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do stable flies deposit their eggs in fresh feces?
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no
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are horn flies pests of cattle?
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yes
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do horn flies feed on dogs?
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no
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where do horn flies deposit their eggs?
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fresh cattle manure
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Where are face flies primarily found?
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on cattle
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what fly creates a risk for pink eye transmission among cattle?
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face fly
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do face flies create a transmission risk for salmonella?
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nope
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Are face flies transmitters of e.coli
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nope
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What serves as a vector for blue tongu virus?
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culicoides
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Is Culicoides a vector for EIA
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no
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Is Culicoides large or small
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small
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