Parasitology - External parasites ticks

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What is the family for cockroaches

Blasttidae
What is the family for Beetles

Coleopters
What is the taxonomy for ticks and mites
class:
Order:
Suborder:
- Archnida
- Acarina
- Metastigmata (this is for all ticks)
What is the family for 'hard ticks'

Ixodidae
What is the family for 'soft ticks'

Argasidae
What are two characteristics of a Ixodid (hard) ticks
- Shield or scutum - covers the entire dorsal surface
- Capitulum
What are the 4 stages of the tick life cycle
- Egg
- "seed tick" 6 legged larvae
- "Nymph" 8 legged larvae
- Mature form/sexually mature form - 8 legged larvae
this type of tick completes both molts without leaving its host

one host tick
Name a 'one host tick' (Genus and species)

Boophilus annulatus
Seed tick larvae will molt to they nymph and will drop off the first host and drop to the ground then molt into an adult. The adult will then climb on to a second host.

Two host tick
Larvae drops of 1st host and molts to nymph. Nymph finds a 2nd host, nymph drops off 2nd host and molts to Adult. Adult then locates on to 3rd host

3 host tick
1 host ticks can transmit pathogens to their offspring via

transovarial transmission
term for a pathogen remains with the vector from one life stage to the next

Transstadial transmission
2 and 3 host ticks transmit pathogens to their offspring via

interstadially
Who are the 2 people that made the correlation between Texas fever and ticks
- Smith
- Kilbourne
What are 3 host ticks (Genus and species)
- Dermacentor variablis
- Rhipicephallus sanguinius
what is the order for Babesia

Zporozoa
What are the two forms that Babesia takes in a infected RBC
- piriform
- Ovid body
What is the intermediate host for Babesiosis in cattle

Boophilus annulatus
What is the intermediate host for Babesiosis in dogs

Rhipencephalus sanguineus
what are the etiologies of Babesia in these species
Horses, mules, and donkeys
Horses, mules, donkeys, and zebras
- Babesia caballi
- Babesia equi
What is the intermediate host for equine babesiosis

Boophilus annulatus
What are the etiologies for canine piroplasmosis
most common in the us:
most common in Australia and Europe:
- Babesia canis
- Babesia gibsoni
What is the intermediate host for Canine babesiosis

Rhipicephalus sanquineus
After which surgical procedure are dogs more susceptible to canine piroplasmosis
- splenectomy
- because the spleen produces lymphocytes and antibodies that combat trophozoites in rbcs
What is the etiology for 'Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever'

Rickettsia rickettsii
What 3 animals are naturally infected with Rickettsia rickettsii
- Squirrels
- Rabbits
- Mice
What are the two intermediate host for Rickettsia rickettsii and what are their nick names
- Dermacentor andersoni (wood tick)
- Dermacentor variablis (dog tick)
What is the etiology for 'Q fever'

Coxiella burnetti
What are the 4 intermediate host for 'Q Fever'
- Dermacentor andersoni (wood tick)
- Dermacentor occidentalis (Pacific coast tick)
- Rhipicephalus sanquineus (brown dog tick)
- Otobius megnini (spider ear tick)
what is the etiology for 'Heartwater"

Cowdria ruminatium
What is the characteristic lesion caused by Cowdria ruminatium

Hydropericardium
What is the intermediate host for Heart water

Amblyomma americanum
What is the nickname for Ehrlichia canis

Vietnam war disease
What is Erlichiosis called in humans

Potomic fever
What is the intermediate host for Ehrlichia canis

Rhipicephalus sanquineus
What is considered the 'Lone Star Tick'

Amblyomma americanum
What is considered the 'Gulf coast tick'

Amblyomma maculatum
What is considered the 'East coast tick'

Ixodes scapularis

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Parasitology - External parasites ticks

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