ectoparasites

How can fleas be diagnosed

Flea comb

Common flea infestation areas

Back of head/neck, tail base and abdomen

Which disease of cats do fleas harbor

Rickettsia felis- cat flea typhus

Flea

Ctenocephalides

Pediculosis

Infestation with lice

True or false

Lice are host specific

True

Anoplura lice

Mallophaga lice

How can lice be recovered

Flea comb, cellophane tape, hair clippings, thumb forceps

Pour on and injectable lice control for cattle

Macrocytic lactones

Pour on lice control

Pyrethroids

Biting flies

Black flies/midges, mosquitoes, muccid flies, horse and deer flies

Black flies/midges

Culicoides and simulium

Mosquitoes

Anopholes, aedes, culex

Muscid flies

Haemtobia irritans, stomoxys calcite and, musca sp.

Horse fly

Tabanus sp.

Deer fly

Chrysops sp.

Sheep ked

Melophagus ovinus

Myiasis producing flies

Blowflies, flesh flies, screwworm fly, warbles, bot flies

Faculative myasis producing flies

Blowflies, flesh flies

Screwworm flies

Cochliomyia, callitroga, homnivorax

Warbles

Cuterebra and hypoderma

Bot flies

Gasterophilus sp.

Biting fly

Blue tongue virus in sheep

Culicoides sp.

Biting fly

Lay eggs in well aerated water

Vector for poultry blood parasite Protozoa leukocytozoon

Simulium sp

Biting flies - mosquitoes

Anopheles

Aedes

Culex spp

Biting fly - muscid

Vector and intermediate host for anthrax in cattle, equine infectious anemia, equine stomach worm

Stomoxys calcitrans

Biting fly - muscid fly

Horn fly

Feed exclusively on cattle and sheep

Spends most of life on host

Haematobia irritans

Muscid fly - face fly

Vector for pink eye

Musca autumnalis

Biting fly

Permanent ectoparasites of sheep and goats

Sheep ked

Melophagus ovinus

Myiasis fly

New world screwworm

Cochliomyia hominivorax

Myiasis fly

Wolf warble

Cuterebra

Myiasis fly

Ox warble, cattle grub

Hypoderma spp

What can happen if cuterebra or hypoderma larva ruptures while being extracted

Anaphylaxis

Myiasis fly

Horse bots

Gasterophilus

Burrowing mites

Sarcoptidae

Dermalogic condition caused by mites

Mange

Infestation by mites

Ascariasis

Genus of sarcoptes

Sarcoptes scabiei

Surface mites

Psoroptidae

Genus of psoroptidae

Chorioptes

Psoroptes sp

Otodectes cynotis

Cheytiella parasitovorax

Follicle mites

Demodex sp

Host specific

Highly contagious

Scabies

Sarcoptes scabiei

Affects cats and rabbits

Highly contagious

Feline head mange

Dorsal anus

notoedres Cati

Foot and tail/itchy leg mite

Large animal mite

Each species has its own variety but can infest other host

Chorioptes spp

Ear canker mite

Affects rabbits, sheep, goats and horses

Highly contagious

Psoroptes cuniculi

Ear mite

Common cause of otitis in dogs cats and ferrets

Highly contagious

Otodectes cynotis

Infests dogs cats and ferrets

Walking dandruff/fur mite

Zoonotic

Cheytiella parasitovorax

Red mange/follicle mite

Host specific

Overgrowth of normal fauna of skin

Demodex spp

Argasidae

Soft tick

Ixodidae

Hard tick

Soft tick genus

Otobius megnini

Hard tick genus

Rhipicephalus sanguineus

Dermacentor bariabilis

Ixodes scapularis

Amblyomma Americanum

Hard tick

Brown dog tick

Drought tolerant

Indoor infesting

Rhipicephalus sanguineus

Hard tick

Inhabits grassy scrub brush areas

American dog tick

Dermacentor variabilis

Diseases Dermacentor variabilis can transmit

Francisella tularensis

Rickettsia rickettsii

Hard tick

Deer tick, black legged tick

Ixodes scapularis

Diseases that can be transmitted by Ixodes scapularis

Bormrelia burgdorferi

Anaplasma phagocytophilum

Ehruchiosis

Hard tick

Lone star tick

Amblyomma americanum

Diseases transmitted by amblyomma americanum

Ehrlichiw ewingii

Rickettsia amblyommii

francisella tularensis

Curation felis

Soft tick

Spinose ear tick

Only larvae and nymphs are parasitic

Otobius megnini

Bacteria that causes Lyme disease

Borrelia burgdorferi

Bacteria that causes tularmia

Fransisella tularenis

Species associated with tick paralysis

Dermacentor Andersoni

Dermacentor accidentalis

Ixodes holocyclus

Dermacebtor variabilis

What causes tick paralysis

Saliva of female ticks of some species