Radi and Para (Arthropods)

Arthropods

animals with jointed legs, vectors, intermediate hosts, or produce toxins

Tick Life Cycle

egg, larva, nymph, adult

Questing

using first two arms to feel and hopefully grab onto something (can feel vibrations)

Otobius megnini common name

ear tick

Otobus megnini hosts

dogs, cats, horses (1 host tick)

Otobus megnini location

deep in ear canal

Ear tick parasitic stages

larval and nymph

Ear tick look like

Ixodes spp. common name

deer tick

Deer tick looks like

Rhipicephalus sanguineus common name

Brown dog tick

Brown dog tick can cause and carries

tick paralysis and vector for babesia and ehrlichiosis

Rhipicephalus sanguineus look like

Dermacentor variablis common name

american dog tick

American dog tick can cause and carries

tick paralysis and vector for rocky mountain spotted fever

Dermacentor veriablis look like

Amblyomma americanum common name

Lone star tick

Lone star tick location

head, belly, flanks (ventral side) and same vector as american dog tick

Amblyomma americanum causes

tick paralysis and has a painful bite

Amblyomma americanum look like

Amblyomma maculatum common name

Gulf coast tick

Gulf coast tick hosts

cattle, horses, sheep, dogs

Gulf coast tick causes

painful bite (swelling), tick paralysis, drooping in cattle and horse ear

Gulf coast tick look like

Ctenocephalides felis and canis common name

cat and dog flea (most common is cat)

Cat and dog flea life cycle

eggs, larvae, pupa, immature, adult

cat and dog flea look like

Echidnophaga gallinacea common name

stick tight flea

Echidnophaga gallinacea hosts

guineas, chickens, fowl (can go to dogs and cats)

stick tight flea look like

Sarcoptes scabei common name

scabies/sarcoptic mange

Mange Dx

skin scrape

Mange zoonotic

bra line or waist line

Mange Tx

paramie dip every 2 weeks, bathe first

Mange look like

Notoedres cati common name

feline scabies mite

Feline scabies location

head and face

feline scabies Tx

ivermectin

Notedres cati look like

Demodex spp. common name

Red mange

Red mange info

normal fauna, usually only effects if immune system is compromised/autoimmune

Red mange look like

Psoroptes spp. symptoms

crusty lesions, highly contagious (REPORTABLE DISEASE)

P. canuiculi

rabbit ear mites (sheep, goats, horses)

P. ovis

sheep (scabmite)

P. bovis

cow, withers, rump, neck

P. equi

horse, base of mane/tail

Chorioptes spp.

hoof and tail mite

Otodectes cynotis common name

ear mite