Bigger most everything

What is the common anme for Sarcoptes scabiei

Scaropic mange(scabies)

What is the common symtoms for Scabies

Intense puritus

is Scabies zoonotic?

yes

What is the common treatment for scabies?

isoxazolines

What is the scientific name for domedicitc mange?

Demodectic canis

How long does localized demodex last with out treatment?

3 months

What is the scientific name for feline scabies

Notoedres cati

Is feline scabies common in the us?

Yes

What do you use to treat feline scabies?

Bravecto

What is the scientific name for ear mites?

otodectes cynotis

What symtoms can occur due to a toodectes infection

aural hematoma

What is the treatment for otodectes infection

Melbemite

What is the common name for cheyletiella

Walking dandruff

what is the most common mite is shelters?

cheyletiella

What is the treatment for cheyetiella

Lime-sulfer baths

What is the scientific name for the harvest mite

trombiculid mite

What are the trombiculid mite also known as?

Chiggers

Treatment for chiggers

Supportive care mostly

What order do flies belong to?

Diptera

What transmits blue tongue virus of sheep

Biting midges

Scientific name for Simulium

Black flies

Scientific anme for horsefly

chrysops

What symtoms can come from horseflies

anaplasmosis

Scientific name for Stable fly?

Stomoxys calcitrans

what can spread through stable flies

habronema microstoma

Scientific name for the horn fly

Hematobia

what is the sheep nasal bot fly called

Oestrus ovis

Treatment for oestrus ovis

Ivermectin

Arthropods have a hard external covering made of What. This must be shed as they grow.

Chitinous

Arthropods’ circulatory system is described as What,what meaning body fluids bathe internal organs directly.

open circulatory system

Insects have What type of body regions: head, thorax, and abdomen.

Segmented

Fleas develop through what metamorphosis, which includes the stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult.

Complete

The most difficult flea life stage to eliminate from the environment is what stage?

Pupa

The insect that carries the agent of Potomac Horse Fever is What?

Caddisfly

Only what mosquitoes feed on blood.

Female

The horn fly primarily affects what.

Cattle

The nasal bot fly of sheep is called what?

Oestrus ovis

The tick family most important for disease transmission is what?

Ixodes scapularis

The primary Lyme disease vector in the Northeast is what?

Black legged tick

Most ticks of medical importance have a what-host life cycle.

Three

Lyme disease is caused by the bacterium?

Borrelia burgdorferi

Prompt tick removal is important because disease transmission requires a minimum attachment time of about how many hours.

24

Flea feces (flea dirt) will turn what color when placed on a wet white towel.

Red

Bacteria are classified as what because they lack a true nucleus.

prokaryotic

Endotoxin is associated with what bacteria.

Gram negitive

The phase of bacterial growth where cells divide rapidly is called what phase.

Log

A fomite is a what that transmits disease.

Object

The body’s first physical barrier to infection is what?

Skin

Normal flora are usually what to the host.

benifical

Sterilization means elimination of what microorganisms, including spores.

Living

Cleaning that reduces microbes to a safe level is called what.

santization

Antiseptics are used on Living tissues, while disinfectants are used on what surfaces.

non-living

Hospital-acquired infections are called what infections.

nosocomial infections

Exotoxins are what released by bacteria.

proteins

The two main types of immune defense are what immunity and what immunity.

Inate, adaptive

Viruses are what?

Obligate intracellular parasites

Viruses are made of genetic material surrounded by what?

protein coat called capsid

Enveloped viruses are more sensitive to what than non-enveloped viruses.

disifectants

Rabies is diagnosed using what on brain tissue

Direct Immunofluorescence

RNA viruses tend to mutate more/less than DNA viruses.

more

A highly sensitive test produces few what results.

negitive

Viral latency means the virus remains what inside the host and may reactivate later.

Dormat

Parvovirus targets rapidly what cells.

Dividing

In-clinic diagnosis of parvo is most commonly done using a fecal what test.

ELISA

Supportive care for parvo includes IV fluids, antiemetics, and what

nutritional support

Parvovirus is resistant to many cleaners and requires diluted what for disinfection.

Bleach

The most common bacterial cause of kennel cough is what?

bordetella bronchiseptica

The hallmark clinical sign is a what cough.

Dry hacking

The Bordetella vaccine is most commonly administered where?

SQ, Oral or intranasally.

The antibiotic most commonly used to treat active Lyme disease is what?

Doxyxycline

Ehrlichiosis commonly causes a low platelet count, known as what?

Thrombocytopenia

Anaplasmosis most often results in what?

Dogs and cattle

Leptospirosis is primarily shed in the animal’s what?

Urine

Suspected leptospirosis cases require strict isolation, including full PPE and a what?

Urinary catheter

The two most common viral causes of feline URI are what?

Calicivirus and Herpesvirus

Typical clinical signs include sneezing, nasal discharge, and what?

Conjuctivitis

FELV is classified as a what virus.

Retrovirus

Chronic FELV infection often results in what due to immune suppression.

Secondary infection

The most common route of FIV transmission is what wounds.

Bite

A positive FIV cat should be managed with good preventative care and kept where.

Indoors

FIP results from mutation of what virus.

FELV

Border disease is caused by what

Pestivirus

“Hairy shaker” lambs are associated with what disease.

Border

Clostridial diseases are best prevented through what

Slow diet change

BVD can result in persistently infected calves, known as what calves.

PI calves

Johne’s disease primarily affects what?

Small intestine

BSE (“mad cow disease”) is caused by an abnormal protein called a what?

Prion

Johne’s disease control relies on testing and what infected animals.

Culling