Parasitology Final - What is a vector for what?

Goat lice

- 3 Linognathus = sucking - 3 Bovicola = chewing

Ctenocephalides

- Acanthocheilonema reconditum - Bartonella henselae - Rickettsia typhi

Rphipicephalus annulatus / Boophilus

- Babesia bigemina - Babesia bovis - Anaplasma marginale = Anaplasmosis in cattle

Rhipicephalus sanguineus - "Brown dog tick"

- Babesia gibsoni - Babesia vogeli - Ehrlichia canis - Hepatozoon canis - Rickettsia rickettsii

Argas persicus

- Borrelia - Aegyptianella

Ixodes scapularis - "Eastern black-legged tick or Deer tick"

- Borrelia burgdorferi = "Lyme disease" - Anaplasma phagocytophilum = "Anaplasmosis" - Babesia microti = "human babesiosis"

Ixodes pacificus - "Western black-legged tick or Deer tick"

- Borrelia burgdorferi = "lyme disease" - Anaplasma phagocytophilum = "Anaplasmosis"

Avian chewing lice where are they found?

- Cuclutogaster = head - Menopon = shaft - Liperus = wing

Amblyomma americanum - "Lone star tick"

- Cytauxzoon felis - Ehrlichia chaffensis - Ehrlichia ewingii

Culicoides - "No-see-ums" or "Midge"

- Equine cutaneous onchocerciasis (nematode onchocerca) - Haemoproteus (malaria-like in birds) - Bluetongue virus in sheep - Epizootic hemorrhagic disease in cervids

Horse lice

- Haematopinus = sucking - Bovicola = chewing

Cattle lice

- Haematopinus = sucking - Solenopotes = sucking - Linognathus = sucking - Bovicola = chewing

Lice / Louse can be the indirect host for?

- Haematopinus suis "Swine pox" - Dipylidium caninum = Trichodects

Amblyomma maculatum - "Gulf coast tick"

- Hepatozoon americanum - Rickettsia parkeri

What hard ticks are associated with tick paralysis?

- Ixodes - Dermacentor - Amblyomma - Rhipicephalus - Hemaphysalis

Dog lice

- Lingognathus = sucking - Trichodectes = chewing

Ornithodoros spp

- Ornithodoros hermsi - Ornithodoros turicata - Borrelia hermsii - Borrelia turicatae

What soft ticks are associated with tick paralysis?

- Otobius - Argas

Dermacentor variabilis "American dog tick" & Dermacentor andersoni "Rocky Mountain wood tick"

- Rickettsia rickettsii - Francisella tularensis

Haemaphysalis longicornis - "Asian long-horned tick"

- Rickettsia rickettsii - Theileria orientalis (cattle) - viruses

Dermanyssus gallinae - "Red poultry mite"

- WEE - St. Louis encephalitis (West Nile) - Newcastle virus

Xenopsylla

- Yersinia pestis (black plague) - Rickettsia typhi

Otobius

- ear irritation - tick paralysis

Mosquitoes

- equine encephalitis viruses - malaria - dengue - chikungunya - zika - dirofilariasis - culex quinquefasciatus

What do Ctenocephalides larva feed on?

- flea feces - dipylidium caninum (tapeworms)

Sheep lice

Bovicola ovis = chewing

What is the vector for rickettsia typhi?

Ctenocephalides and Xenopsylla

Bite from what fly can cause sweet itch / queensland itch / summer dermatitis in horses?

Culicoides - "No-see-ums" / "Midge"

Cat Lice

Felicola = chewing

Tabanid flies

I.H. - Elaeophora schneideri "arterial worm" NOTE - 2 dif flies (Chrysops and Tabanus)

Stomoxys calcitrans - "Stable Fly"

I.H. - Habronema causes equine summer sores or Habronema

Musca domestica - "House Fly"

I.H. - Habronemiasis caused by Harbonema and Draschia - Equine summer sores

Sandflies

I.H. - Leishmania

Simulium - "Black flies"

I.H. - Leucocytozoon causes malaria-like parasite in birds

Keds

I.H. - Trypanosoma melophagium (non-pathogenic)

Haematobia irritans - "Horn Fly"

I.H. - stephanofilaria stilesi

Amblyomma mixtum

Theileria equi

Triatomine - "Kissing Bugs"

Trypanosoma cruzi

What is the causative agent of blindness and necrosis of the skin on the head in elk? What is the vector?

cause - Elaeophora schneideri "arterial worm" vector - Tabanid fly

Tunga penetrans - "Jigger" / "Chigoe" / "Sand Flea"

dogs are essential risk factor for human tungiasis - female burrows in digital pad and nose

Echidnophaga gallinacea

females burrow in the skin around the head, comb, and wattles of chickens/turkeys

Swine lice

haematopinus suis = sucking

What is the vector for culex quinquefasciatus "avian pox"?

mosquitoes

Pulex irritans - "Human flea"

not significant but identify as rule out

Musca autumnalis - "Face Flies"

vector - Moraxella bovis -> infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis I.H - Thelazia (eye nematode)

Trichodectes

vector for Dipylidium caninum