Exam 1

Question 1

chewing lice

Answer 1

amblycera
ischnocera
rhynchophthrina

Question 2

sucking lice

Answer 2

Anoplura

Question 3

hard ticks

Answer 3

Ioxdidae
- Ambylomma spp.
- Rhipicephalus spp.
- Ixodes spp.
- Dermacenter spp.

Question 4

soft ticks

Answer 4

Argasidae

Question 5

lone star tick

Answer 5

Ambylomma americanum

Question 6

brown dog tick

Answer 6

Rhipicephalus sanguineus

Question 7

Ambylomma spp.

Answer 7

long mouth
ornate

Question 8

Rhipicephalus spp.

Answer 8

short mouth
inornate

Question 9

Ixodes spp.

Answer 9

long mouth
inornate

Question 10

Dermacenter spp.

Answer 10

short mouth
ornate

Question 11

facultative parasites

give an example

Answer 11

not usually parasitic but can become so if accidentally eaten or enter a wound or other orifice

free living amoebas (Naegleria fowleri)
free living nematodes (Halicephalobus)

Question 12

accidental parasites

give an example

Answer 12

parasitism of a host different than normal
do not survive in wrong host but may be pathogenic

Toxoplasma or Baylisascaris

Question 13

paratenic host

Answer 13

transports host
bridges an ecological gap (e.g. fish)

Question 14

zoonotic examples

Answer 14

Trichinella sp.
Echinococcus sp.
Toxoplasma gondi
Dipylidium caninum
Taenia spp.
Dioctophyma renale
Dirofilaria immitis