Vetors and Intermediate Hosts

Question 1

The Reduviid / Kissing Bug is an intermediate host for what Protozoa?

Answer 1

Trypanosoma cruzi

Question 2

Trichodectes canis (a biting/chewing louse), is and intermediate host for what
Eucestode/Hookworm?

Answer 2

Dipylidium caninum

Question 3

Sarcoptes scabiei (a burrowing mite), causes what skin condition?

Answer 3

Scabies

Question 4

Notoedres cati (a burrowing mite), causes what skin condition?

Answer 4

Cat Scabies

Question 5

Ixodes scapularis (the Deer Tick) is a vector of what diseases?

Answer 5

Lyme Disease
Tuleremia
Babesiosis

Question 6

Rhipicephalus sanguinous (The Brown Dog Tick) is a vector for what diseases?

Answer 6

RMSF
Ehrlichiosis
Babesiosis

Question 7

Dermacentor spp. (American Dog & Rocky Mtn Wood Tick) is a vector for what diseases?

Answer 7

RMSF
Ehrlichiosis
Babesiosis
Tuleremia

Question 8

Culicoides sp. (No-See-Ums Fly), is an intermediate host for what skin Nematode in horses?

Answer 8

Onchocerca cervicalis

Question 9

The Horse Fly “Tabanus” sp. and the Deer Fly “Chrysops” sp. are vectors of what diseases?

Answer 9

Anthrax
Anaplasmosis
EIA

Question 10

Cochliomyia hominivorax

Answer 10

A Reportable “Screw Worm” that can be mistaken for fly larva (maggots)