ENTO 208: FINAL EXAM
22 Cards in this Set
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Ixodes scapularisIxodes scapularis
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Black-Legged Tick
-Vectors of Lyme Disease and Anaplasmosis
-Wide range of hosts (>120) [catholic]
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Dermacentor variablis
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American Dog Tick
-Vector of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
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Dermacentor albipictus
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Winter Tick
-Only found on large ruminants (cows, etc)
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Amblyomma americanum
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Lone Star Tick
-Vector of Ehrlichiosis
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Amblyomma maculatum
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Gulf Coast Tick
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Otobius megnini
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Spinose Ear Tick
-Don't feed as adults
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Borrelia burgdorferi
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Lyme disease
-Vectored by Ixodes Scapularis (Black-legged tick)
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Rickettia ricketsii
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Rocky Mountain spotted fever
-Vectored by dermacentor variablis (American dog tick)
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Babesia spp.
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Babesiosis
-Human=Babesia microti
-Cattle=Babesia bovis or bigemina
-Vectored by Rhipicephalus (Boophilus)
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Theileria equi
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Equine piroplasmosis (Equine babesiosis)
-Also caused by Babesia caballi
-Vectored by Dermacentor variablis (American dog tick), Amblyomma cajennense, and Rhipicephalus microplus
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Ehrlichia spp. bacteria
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Ehrlichiosis
-Human=Vectored by Amblyomma americanum (Lone Star Tick)
-Canine=Caused by Ehrlichia canis, vectored by brown dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus)
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Anaplasma phagocytophylum
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Anaplasmosis
-Vectored by Black-legged tick (Ixodes scapularis)
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Triatoma spp.
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Kissing Bugs
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Trypanosoma cruzi
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Chagas disease
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Delusory Acariosis
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Thinking mites are present when they aren't
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Dermanyssus galinae
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Chicken Mite
-Often cause dermatitis on humans
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Demodex spp.
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Follicle mites
-Over 90% of people have them!
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Neoschongastia americanum
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Chiggers
-Only parasitize as larvae
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Sarcopties scabiei
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Scabies/Mange
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Orientia tsutsugamushi
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Tsutsugamushi disease (scrub typhis)
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Rickettsia akari
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Rickettsialpox
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Ornithonyssus sylvarium
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Northern fowl mite
-Most common poultry parasite
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ENTO 208 - Insect Orders