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L5: Flies and Myiasis Flashcards

1
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Physical charaacteristic of all Flies (Diptera)

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  • adults have 1 pair of wings
  • halteres (modified hindwings)
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2
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what type of metamorphosis (complete or incomplete) do flies (Diptera) undergo

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Complete (holometabolous)
egg - larva - pupa - adult

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3
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most flies are oviparous, what does that mean

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lay eggs that hatch

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4
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what are hematophagous species of flies

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feed on host blood w/ biting mouth

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5
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what is myiasis

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flies feed on host animal tissue
causes tissue destruction + can lead to secondary infections

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6
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what group of flies contains myiasis larvae

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Cyclorrhapha

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Clinical importance of biting flies

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cause painful/irritating bites, disrupt normal behavhior
* production loss
* severe reactions can lead to alopecia + secondary bacterial infections
* severe blood loss can occur
* pathoegens transmitted

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clinical importance of non-biting flies

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  • irritate animals, disrupt normal behavior
  • production loss
  • irritation/damage to mucous membranes
  • transmission of pathogens
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diagnosis of fly infection

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detection of:
* adults on/near host
* eggs on host (botflies)
* larvae on/near host
* larvae in feces or nost

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10
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3 components of a comprehensive fly control prorgram

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  • reduce host exposure to adult flies; eliminate egg/larvae on or in host
  • control existing environmental infestation
  • prevent re-infestation of host and or environment
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11
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prevention of adult fly prevelance

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  • insecticides
  • oral insect growth regulators
  • repellants, fly masks, smudge pots
  • shelter animals during peak fly hours
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treatment and prevention of myiasis

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  • insecticides
  • macrocylic lactones (ivermectin)
  • physical removal from host
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13
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pathogens caused by mosquitoes (culicidae)

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  • canine heartworm (filarioid nematodes)
  • plasmodium (malaria)
  • many viruses- west nile, EEE, rift valley fever, etc
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14
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type of nematocera that feeds on the blood of birds and mammals

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blackflies (simuliidae)

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pathogens caused by blackflies (simuliidae)

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  • Leucocytozoon
  • filariod nematodes
  • vesicular stomatitis
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16
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what flies cause simuliotoxicosis

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blackflies (simuliidae)

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17
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pathogens carried by midges

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  • Filarioid nematodes
  • leucocytozoon & Haemoproteus
    many viruses: bluetongue, african horse sickness, etc
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18
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What type of Nematocera are Culicoides spp.

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midges

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19
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Lutzomyia (new world) and Phlebotomus (old world) are what type of flies

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Sandflies

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20
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pathogens caused by sandflies

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Leishmania
vesicular stomatitis virus

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21
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Tabanus are ?

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horseflies

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22
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Chrysops are ?

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Deerflies

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23
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pathogen caused by horseflies and deerflies

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trypanosoma

24
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Haematobia spp

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hornflies

25
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Stomoxys spp

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stable flies

26
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Dipetera =?

A

flies

27
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Culicidae = ?

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mosquitoes

28
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Simuliidae = ?

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blackflies

29
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Tabanidae = ?

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hose + deerflies

30
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Tabanus = ?

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horseflies

31
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Chrysops = ?

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deerflies

32
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Cyclorrhapha = ?

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Biting Flies

33
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Haematobia spp. = ?

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horn flies (Cyclorrhapha)

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Stomoxys spp. = ?

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stable flies (Cyclorrhapha)

35
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what organism causes equine allergic dermatitis

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Midges (Ceratopogonidae)
Culicoides

36
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what are the hosts for the parasite Leucocytozoon

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  • Midges
  • blackflies (Simuliidae)
37
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what carries Trypanosoma (a parasitic protozoa) of ungulates and other mammals

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Horseflies & Deerflies (Tabanidae)

Brachycera

38
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what transmits Francisella tularensis, Anaplasma marginale, Bacillus anthracis

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Horseflies & Deerflies (Tabanidae)

Brachycera

39
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what causes equine infectious anemia virus and WEEV (western equine encephalitis virus)

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Horseflies & Deerflies (Tabanidae)

Brachycera

40
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what flies live on cattle and feed frequently, causing heavy production loses

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Horn flies (Haematobia)

41
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Horn flies, Stable flies, Keds/louse flies and Tsetse flies are all…

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biting flies

42
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vectors of Trypanosoma bruceri which causes nagana and sleeping sickness

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Tsetse flies (Glossinidae)

43
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feed on ocular/nasal discharge of cattle and other livestock

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Face fly (Musca autumnalis)

44
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transmits the pathogens Spirurid nematodes of cattle + equids and Moraxella bovis (bovine keratoconjunctivitis)

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Facefly (Musca autumnalis)

45
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most abundant insect pest associated w/ livestock, poultry and people

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House fly (M. domestica)

feeds on ocular/nasal fluids

46
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Obligate (primary) myiasis larvae require what for survival

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a live host for food

47
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Facultative (secondary) myiasis larvae usually eat _______ and sometimes infest live animals

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carrion (decaying flesh)

48
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this family includes facultative and obligate myiasis causing species of flies

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Flesh flies (Sarcophagidae)

49
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fly that exhibits obligate myiasis, found in northern USA and Canada

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Gray flesh fly Wohlfahrita vigil

50
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the New World screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax) exhibits ______Myiasis

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obligate

eradicated from US by early 1990s

51
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used in foresnsic science to estimate post-mortem interval, used in maggot therapy

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Common green bottle fly (Lucilia sericata)

52
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  • Agents of obligate myiasis, most species are highly host and site specific, typically not highly pathogenic
  • adults do not feed (vestigial mouthparts)
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Botflies (Oestridae)

53
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Primarily afflicts sheep and goat, wandering larvae can cause false gid

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Sheep nasal botfly (Oestrus ovis)

54
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causes subcutaneous cysts (warbles) in bovids and cervids (deer)

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Heel flies (Hypoderma)

55
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cause GI myiasis in equine, large numbers can be present w/out clinical signs

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Horse botflies (Gasterophilus)

56
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causes subcutaneous cysts in wild rodents and rabbits int eh Americas

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Cuterebra
Botflies (Oestridae)

57
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  • causes myiasis of eye,nasal and oral regions of dogs and cats
  • complications caused by wandering larvae
  • cerebrospinal cuterbriasis
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Cuterebra
Botflies (Oestridae)

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