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What might a rancher do to reduce the tick population off of the host? |
Till, Rotate, and burn the pasture |
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When a female cattle grub fly tries to lay her eggs on a cow, the cow may try to avoid the fly, a behavior known as___________ |
Gadding |
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If a horse is treated only once a year for bots, it should be treated durin what season? |
Winter |
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The process where an animal is submerged in a bath containing a recommended pesticide? |
Dipping |
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What does docking of the tail help prevent in sheep? |
Bow fly Miasis |
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What is the ectoparasite associated with causing bovine mastitis? |
Cattle tick (Or boophilius annulatus) |
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What do horn flies cause? |
Fly worry |
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What is the vector of bovine anaplasmosis? |
Tabanid (horse flies or deer flies) |
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What is the vector of bovine pinkeye? |
Face fly |
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What does sarcoptes cause? |
Mange |
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What do bowflies cause? |
Fleeceworms |
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What is a Sheep Ked? |
Melophagus Ovinus - mingles fly that spends its entire life on the sheep - lay legs in sheep wool |
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What is a sheep nasal botfly? |
Oestrus Ovis - parasitic larva - the adults do not feed. The female fly squirts a stream of fluid into the nose, the fluid contains larvae |
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What is the most important mange of sheep? |
Psoroptic mange (sheep scab) |
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What is the horse sucking louse? |
Haematopinus asini |
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What is the horse biting louse? |
Damalinia equi |
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What is the little blue cattle louse? |
Solenopotes Capillatus (found mainly on the head and face) |
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What is the most common ectoparasite of rabbits? |
Ear mites |
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What is the most common ectoparasite of US Poultry ? |
Northern Fowl Mite |
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Maggots found under the skin, near an open wound, on a rabbit are probably the larvae of a _____________. |
botfly |
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THe best way to treat guinea pig lice is_________? |
Apply insecticide to the guinea pig and isolate it for 2-3 weeks |
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What is the deer tick a vector of? |
Lyme disease |
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A dog with mange has alopecia only on its face. The mite infesting the dog is most likely_______________? |
Demodex canis |
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This mange in dogs is not contagious in an animal with a healthy immune system |
Demodex |
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Favorite laying site for the adult flesh fly in turtles is |
A hole left by a tick |
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What are cuterebra larvae known as? |
Wolf or wolf worm |
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Name the laraval mite that feeds on animals? |
Chiggers |
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Abnormal redness of the skin caused by dilation of blood vessels |
Erythema |
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How might a veterinarian diagnose scaly leg mites in avian species? |
Loosen the crust on the leg with warm vegetable oil, finding mites in the crust |
