Ectoparasites (flea and lice)

  1. How are Ectoparasites classified?
    • - Insects: Fleas, Lice, Flies
    • - Arachnids: Tick, Mites
    • - Bloodsucking Annelids: Leeches
  2. what are the differences between insects and arachnids?
    • Insects:
    •               - Three pairs of legs
    •               - Three body regions(head,thorax,and abdomen)
    •               - Antennae
    • Arachnids:
    •                - Four pairs of legs
    •                - Body divided in two regions
    •                - No antennae
  3. What is the order name of fleas?
    Siphonaptera
  4. What is the flea in cats called?
    Ctenocephalides felis

  5. what is the flea in dogs called?
    Ctenocephalides canis
  6. Flea anatomy
  7. Flea dirt is also known as?
    Flea Feces (appear red)
  8. What can fleas cause?
    • -Anemia
    • -Demertitis
  9. What is the order name for lice?
    Mallophaga(chewing lice) & Anoplura (sucking lice)
  10. what is a lice infestation called?
    Pediculosis
  11. What are the three body divisions of a lice?
    • - Head (mouth parts and antennae)
    • - Thorax (6 legs)
    • - Abdomen
  12. Sucking Lice Identification
    • - Feed on blood and move slowly on the host
    • - Larger than chewing lice
    • - Red to grey
    • - They have a long narrow head (tiny head)
  13. What is the sucking lice in dogs called?
    Linognathus setosus
  14. Biting lice identification:
    • - Feed on epithelial debris and move rapidly on the host
    • - Have a broad, rounded head (big head)
    • - Smaller than sucking lice
    • - Yellow in color
  15. What is the biting lice in dogs called?
    Trichodectes canis
  16. what is the cat biting lice called?
    Felicola subrostratus
  17. What is the human sucking lice called?
    Pediculus humanus capitis
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Ectoparasites (flea and lice)
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