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Lecture 7: Flea infestations Flashcards

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T or F: female fleas are larger than males

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True

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Scientific name for fleas

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Siphonaptera

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Fleas are obligate ____ of mammals and birds

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Ectoparasites

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T or F: fleas are host specific

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False

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Where are flea eggs laid

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Host nest/environment

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What type of metamorphosis do fleas undergo

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Holometabolous

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How many larval instars do fleas have

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3

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How long does it take to complete 1 generation

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2-4 weeks

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What are the 4 degrees of attachment to host

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  1. Nidicolous fleas
  2. Attached to host
  3. Stick tight fleas
  4. Chigoe fleas
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What are nidicolous fleas

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Fleas that live in hosts nest/burrow and visit host only when to feed

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What are sticktight fleas

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Mated females that use their mouthparts to permanently attach to the host

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What are chigoe fleas

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Mated females embedded within hosts skin

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what type of flea attachment is this

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Sticktight

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What type of flea attachment is this

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chigoe

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What is a common side effect of flea infestations in dogs and cats

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Flea allergic dermatitis

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What are some viruses, bacteria, and parasitic Protozoa fleas are vectors for

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  1. Yersinia pestis
  2. Feline panleukopenia virus
  3. Rabbit tyrpanosomes
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Fleas are intermediate hosts for ___ and ____

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Tapeworms and parasitic nematodes

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Provide an example of a tapeworm that fleas are intermediate hosts for

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Dipylidium caninum

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Fleas can be detected/diagnoses by placing a wet paper towel on patient. How would the fleas appear on paper towel to indicate positive result

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Red spots

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How can we control fleas

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  1. Eliminate fleas on hosts
  2. Eliminate existing environmental infestations
  3. Prevent subsequent re-infestations
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What are some treatment options for hosts with fleas

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  1. Adulticide (fipronil, selamectin, pyrethrins)
  2. Insect growth regulator (methoprene)
  3. Adulticide +insect growth regulator
  4. Physical removal from host
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Fipronil is toxic in what species

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What are some methods of environmental control of fleas in indoor spaces

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Vacuum, apply Adulticide, Insect growth regulator and borate powder to infested carpets and furniture

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What are some methods of environmental control of fleas in outdoor spaces

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Trim trees, remove debris, apply insecticides

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Fleas of poultry are commonly found on what 2 locations
Comb and wattle
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What type of degree of attachment does Echidnophaga gallinacea have
Sticktight flea
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What species does echidnophaga gallinacea infest
Poultry, wild birds, dogs, cats, other mammals
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On poultry, where do Echidnophaga gallinacea normally infest
Head, comb, wattles, vent
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Bites of Echidnophaga gallinacea near eyes can result in ___
Blindness
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What are some treatment options for poultry with Echidnophaga gallinacea
Removal and topical pyrethrin
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What type of flea is this? Infests poultry, wild dogs, cats and other mammals
E. Gallinacea
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Certaophyluss spp. infest what species
Poultry
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Ceratophyluss has what type of attachment to host
Nidicolous
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Which species of Ceratophyllus is the western chicken flea, black hen flea. Readily bites humans
C, niger
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What species of Certatophyllus is the European chicken flea. Infests other birds, humans and other mammals
C. Gallinae
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What type of flea is this? Infests poultry, located in Western North America, readily bites humans
C. Niger
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What type of tick have genial and pronotal combs and what species do they infest
Ctenocephalides Infest dogs and cats
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What is the most common flea of dogs and cats
C. Felis
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What are some important diseases that C. Felis transmits
1. Bubonic plague 2. Dipylidium caninum 3. Murine typhus 4. Bartonellosis
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What is the dog flea
C. Canis
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what type of fleas are these and how do you know
C. Felis Presence of genial and pronotal combs
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What type of attachment does Pulex spp have and what species does it infest
Nidicolous Dogs and cats
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What is the pulex spp. human flea that attacks a wide range of mammals and some birds. Found worldwide
P. Irritans
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What type of Pulex spp. infests wild mammals, rodents and opossums
P. Simulans
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What type of flea is this? Infests mammals and some birds, vector for bubonic plague
P. Irritans
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what type off flea is this? Infests wold mammals, rodents and opossum. Vector for bubonic plague
P. Simulans
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What is the most common flea that infests domesticated small animals (rabbits, rodents and ferrets)
Ctenocephalides Felis
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Spilopsyllus funiculi and Cedipyslla simplex infest what species
Domestic rabbits
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What type of attachment to hose do Spilopsyllus funiculi and Cedipyslla simplex Have
Nidicolous
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What virus does Spilopsyllus funiculi and Cedipyslla simplex Transmit
Myxoma virus
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Xenopsylla cheopis and Nosopsyllus fasciatus infest which species
Domestic rats, mice
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Xenopsylla cheopis and Nosopsyllus fasciatus Transmit what diseases
Bubonic plague and hymenolepsis tapeworms
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What flea infests ungulates (swine, cattle, sheep, goats and equids) that is commonly found in Latin American and African. Results in lesions on limbs, mastitis, abnormal gait
Tunga spp.
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What type of attachment does Tunga spp. have
Chigoes

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