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10 Cards in this Set
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What is the most common flea of cats and dogs, other carnivores, and rodents?
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Ctenocephalides felis
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What does Ctenocephalides felis transmit?
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- Transmit: Dipylidium caninum, Acanthocheilonema reconditum
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Where is most of flea life cycle spent?
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most of flea life cycle is OFF the host
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What is the human flea?
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Pulex irritans - human flea
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Are lice host specific?
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LICE ARE HIGHLY HOST SPECIFIC
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What type of life cycle do lice have?
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- incomplete metamorphosis
- all developmental stages found ON THE HOST |
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How are lice transmitted?
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- TRANSMISSION by direct contact
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What is Heterodoxus spiniger?
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Chewing louse
- although a chewing louse, feeds some on blood as well as cell debris |
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What is Trichodectes canis?
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Chewing louse
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What can Trichodectes canis be an IH of?
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- can serve as an IH of Dipylidium caninum (minor importance in transmission)
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