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Order from the family Arachnida that parasitize animals.
Acari (ticks and mites)
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[Acari] Hardened shield only half-way down the body in females.
scutum
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[Acari] Two families of ticks.
Ixodidae (hard ticks), Argasidae (soft ticks-lack scutum)
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[Acari] Describe the life cycle of ticks.
egg --> larvae --> nymph --> adult
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[Acari] Ixodes scapularis is the ___________.
deer tick
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[Acari] Dermacentor variabilis is the _________.
American dog tick
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[Acari] Amblyomma americanum is the _________.
lone star tick
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[Acari] Rhipicephalus sanguineus is the _________.
brown dog tick
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[Acari] Soft ticks generally have a _______ life cycle.
long
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[Acari] A three host tick is one that...
falls off one host to molt after a blood meal
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[Acari] Amblyomma americanum are vectors for __(2)__.
rocky mountain spotted fever, tularemia
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[Acari] 2 types of Argasidae.
Otobius, Argas
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[Acari] Mites can cause _________, which is passed...
demodex; from dam to pups in the first few days of life.
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[Acari] Describe the life cycle of Sarcoptes scabiei.
?????????
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[Acari] Notoedres, Cheyletiella, Psorptes are types of...
mites
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Ctenocephalides are ______ of dogs and cats.
fleas
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Anoplura are _________.
sucking lice
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Mallophaga are _________.
chewing/biting lice
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Diptera are _______.
flies
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Flies that utilize facultative myiasis lay their eggs in...
rotting tissue, wet wool, open wound
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Flies that utilize obligate myiasis lay their eggs in...
rotting tissue or open wounds.
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[Diptera] Cyclorrhapha- Calliphoridae are _________ that cause __________.
blowflies; maggot infestations in perineum of sheep
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[Diptera] Cyclorrhapha- Hypoderma spp. are _________ that utilize ________ myiasis; larvae migrate to ________ to mature then migrate to __________ to molt and exit through skin.
bot fly/warbles; obligate; tissue around esophagus; rump
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[Diptera] Gasterophilus infect __________, utilize _______ myiasis, and have larval stage in the _________.
horses; obligate; stomach
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