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Class Arachnida includes the ff:

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king crab
spiders
scorpions
ticks and mites

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General Characteristics of Class Arachnida

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Wingless. Head, thorax, and abdomen are not defined. They feed on tissue fluids by means of sucking pharynx.

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4 main body parts of Class Arachnids

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  1. Gnasthosoma
  2. Propodosoma
  3. Metapodosoma
  4. Opisthosoma
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bears the mouthparts and the plate that bears it, the capitulum or gnathobases

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Gnasthosoma

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Gnasthosoma bears the mouthparts and the plate that bears it is called

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capitulum or gnathobases

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bears the first and second pairs of legs

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Propodosoma

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Bears the third and fourth parts of legs.

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Metapodosoma

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posterior part behind the fourth pair of legs, the abdomen

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Opisthosoma

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Two main body parts of Class Arachnids

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  1. Prosoma
    a. Gnathosoma (mouthparts)
    b. Podosoma (bears the legs)
  2. Opisthosoma (abdomen part)
    a. Prosoma and opisthosoma = idiosoma
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Two types of Prosoma

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Gnathosoma (mouthparts)
Podosoma (bears the legs)

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mouthparts

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Gnathosoma

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bears the legs

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Podosoma

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abdomen part

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Opisthosoma

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idiosoma

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prosoma and opisthosoma

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The mouthparts of arachnids are composed of the following:

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Chelicerae
Hypostome
Pedipalps or palpi

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a pair of cutting structures

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Chelicerae

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median structure with recurved teeth for anchorage

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Hypostome

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segmented appendages lateral to the chelicerae

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Pedipalps or palpi

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Stages of development of Class Arachnida:

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  1. Egg – oval or spherical
  2. Larva - with 3 pairs of legs
  3. Nymph – with 4 pairs of legs without sexual organs. May have 2-3 nymphal instars before developing into an adult.
    a) Protonymph –first instar
    b) Deutonymph – second instar
    c) Tritonymp – third instar
  4. Adult – with 4 pairs of legs and well developed sexual organs
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Three orders of veterinary importance of Class Arachnids

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  1. Acarina – ticks and mites
  2. Araneida – spiders
  3. Scorpionidea – scorpions
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ticks and mites

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Acarina –

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spiders

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Araneida

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scorpions

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Scorpionidea

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Four Sub-orders of Veterinary Importance under Order Acarina:

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  1. Ixodoidea – ticks
  2. Mesostigmata – mites
  3. Trombidiformes – mites
  4. Sarcoptiformes – mites
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2 groups of sub-order Ixodidea
Family Argasidae (Soft ticks) Family Ixodidae (Hard Ticks)
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Soft ticks
Family Argasidae
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Hard Ticks
Family Ixodidae
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without scrutum
Family Argasidae (Soft ticks)
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with scrutum
Family Ixodidae (Hard Ticks)
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Family Argasidae (Soft ticks) genera
* Argas, Otobius, Ornithodoros* **(AOO)**
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Family Ixodidae (Hard Ticks) Genera:
*Boophilus, Rhipicephalus, Amblyomma, Ixodes, Dermacentor, Hyalomma* **(BRAIDH)**
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Important differences between Argasidae and Ixodidae: SCRUTUM
A: absent I: present
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Important differences between Argasidae and Ixodidae: SEXUAL DIMORPHISM
A: not marked I: marked
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Important differences between Argasidae and Ixodidae: MOUTHPARTS AND CAPITULUM
A: ventral I: anterior
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Important differences between Argasidae and Ixodidae: PALPI
A: leg-like I: rigid
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Important differences between Argasidae and Ixodidae: FESTOONS
A: absent I: generally present
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Important differences between Argasidae and Ixodidae: COXAE
A: unarmed I: armed
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Important differences between Argasidae and Ixodidae: EGG LAYING HABIT
A: laid in small batches I: laid in one large batch
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Important differences between Argasidae and Ixodidae: FEEDING HABIT
A: feed moderately and frequently I: take one large meal and increase in size dramatically
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Important differences between Argasidae and Ixodidae: LIFE SPAN
A: live for several years, 5 years or more I: live for less than one year, rarely 2 years
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Important differences between Argasidae and Ixodidae: ADAPTATION TO ENVIRONMENT
A: drought resistant I: cannot live w/out adequate humidity
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Genus Argas species:
1. *Argas persicus *(fowl tick) 2. *Argas reflexus* (pigeon tick)
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* Argas persicus* common name
fowl tick
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* Argas reflexus* common name
pigeon tick
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Argas persicus (fowl tick) are common in
chickens, turkeys, pigeons, ducks, ostriches, canaries
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Argas reflexus (pigeon tick) are common in
pigeon, doves
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Genus Otobius species
1. *Otobius megnini* (spinose ear tick)
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It occurs in America and Africa. Larvae and nymphs occur in the ear of dogs, cattle, horses, and all other mammals. Adults are non-parasitic
*Otobius megnini* (spinose ear tick)
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*Otobius megnini* (spinose ear tick) lays _________ eggs, which may last for 6 months then dies.
500-600 eggs
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Pathogenicity of Genus Otobius or *Otobius megnini* (spinose ear tick)
• Irritation, scratching, and shaking of ears. • Inflammation, suppurative lesions (bacterial infestation)
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Genus Ornithodoros species:
*1. O. moubata 2. O. savignyi 3. O. turicata*
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Larvae do not hatch but molt into nymph inside the egg. Adult and nymphs attack animals.
Genus Ornithodoros
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Transmits: Borrelia recurrentis, the cause of relapsing fever in man
Genus Ornithodoros
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Genus Ornithodoros transmits this disease
*Borrelia recurrentis*, the cause of relapsing fever in man
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the cause of relapsing fever in man
*Borrelia recurrentis*
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attacks wild and domestic mammals
*Ornithodoros moubata*
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occurs on the livestock in Africa and India
*Ornithodoros savignyi*
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occurs in the U.S.
*Ornithodoros turicata*
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Female lay 2,000 – 20,000 eggs
Ixodine ticks
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active, climb up the pinnacle or tip of grasses and attach themselves to passing animals and suck blood
Seed ticks
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Unfed ticks live longer than well-nourished ticks
True
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*Ixodid ticks* are classified according to the number of host
1. One-host tick 2. Two-host tick 3. Three-host tick
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Larva attaches to a host, molt into nymph and finally adult stage on the same animal, e.g. *Boophilus microplus, Boophilus annulatus*
One-host tick
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Example of one-host tick
*1. Boophilus microplus, 2. Boophilus annulatus*
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larva attaches to a host molts into nymph on the host body, nymph drops to the ground after having engorged, molts into the ground to adult (imago) which seeks a new host (one molting on the ground, one molting on the host) e.g. *Rhipicephalus evertsi, R. bursa*
Two-host tick
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Example of two-host tick
*1. Rhipicephalus evertsi, 2. R. bursa*
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They drop off each time after having engorged and molt on the ground (all moltings occurs on the ground or off the host), (different host or the same host is required every instar), e.g. *Ixodes ricinus, Rhipicephalus appendiculatus, R. sanguineus*
Three-host ticks
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Three-host ticks
*1. Ixodes ricinus 2. Rhipicephalus appendiculatus 3. R. sanguineus*
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Genus Ixodes
*1. Ixodes ricinus* “castor bean tick” *2. I. holocylus* “paralysis tick” *3. I. rubicundus* “paralysis tick” *4. I. scapularis* “black legged tick”
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*Ixodes ricinus* transmits these diseases
1. Tick paralysis (three-host tick) 2. Red water diseases or babesiosis 3. Anaplasmosis 4. Tick borne fever
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“tick paralysis” in cattle is caused by why type of Ixodid ticks?
Three-host tick
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Causative agents of “red water diseases” or babesiosis of cattle
* Babesia bovis, B. divergens*
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Causative agent of Anaplasmosis
*Anaplasma marginale*
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Causative agent of "tick borne fever” of sheep.
viruses of louping ill and rickettsiae
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*Ixodes holocylus* common name
“paralysis tick"
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Common name of *Ixodes rubicundus*
“paralysis tick”
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Common name of *Ixodes scapularis*
“black legged tick”
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Species under Genus Boophilus
1. *Boophilus annulatus* – “North America cattle tick” or texas fever cattle tick 2. *Boophilus decoloratus* – “blue tick” 3. *Boophilus microplus (B. australis)* – “tropical cattle tick”
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one host tick; important transmitter of *Babesia bigemina and Babesia argentina (B. bovis)*
*Boophilus annulatus* (North America cattle tick) or (texas fever cattle tick)
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*Boophilus annulatus* (North America cattle tick) or (texas fever cattle tick) transmits these
*Babesia bigemina and Babesia argentina (B. bovis)*
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one-host tick, transmits *Babesia bigemina, Anaplasma marginale, Borrelia theileri* (spirochaetosis of ruminants)
*Boophilus decoloratus* (blue tick)
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transmited by *Boophilus decoloratus* or “blue tick”
*Babesia bigemina, Anaplasma marginale, Borrelia theileri* (spirochaetosis of ruminants)
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One-host tick. Most common cattle tick in the Philippines. Attacks cattle, carabaos, buffaloes, sheep, goats including horse and deer
*Boophilus microplus (B. australis)* or “tropical cattle tick"
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transmits *Anaplasma marginale, Babesia bigemina, B. argentina (B. bovis)*
*Boophilus microplus (B. australis)* or “tropical cattle tick"
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Example of one-host ticks
Genus Boophilus 1. *B. annulatus* 2. *B. decoloratus* 3. *B. microplus (B. australis)*
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the genus Boophilus is closest to what Genus?
Genus Rhipicephalus
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Common name of Boophilus annulatus
"North America cattle tick” or "Texas fever cattle tick"
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Common name of Boophilus decoloratus
“blue tick”
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Common name of Boophilus microplus (B. australis)
“tropical cattle tick”
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Species under Genus Rhipicephalus
1. *Rhipicephalus appendiculatus* – “brown ear tick” 2. *R. evertsi* – “red-legged tick” 3. *R. bursa 4. *Rhipicephalus sanguineus* – “brown dog tick”, “kernel tick”
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Rhipicephalus appendiculatus or “brown ear tick” transmits the ff:
*1. Theileria parva 2. T. mutans, Hepatozoon canis 3. Babesia bigemina 4. Rickettsia conorii*
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Causative Agents of theileriosis or east coast fever
*Theileria parva*
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Disease transmitted by Theileria parva
theileriosis or east coast fever
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Causative agent of hepatozoonosis
*T. mutans, Hepatozoon canis*
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Disease transmitted by T. mutans, Hepatozoon canis
hepatozoonosis
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Causative agent of Piroplasmosis
*Babesia bigemina*
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Disease transmitted by *Babesia bigemina*
Piroplasmosis
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Causative agent of tick-bite fever
*Rickettsia conorii*
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Disease transmitted by Rickettsia conorii
tick-bite fever
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Rhipicephalus evertsi – “red-legged tick” transmits the ff:
*Theileria mutans, T. parva, Babesia bigemina, B. equi*
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Rhipicephalus bursa transmits the ff:
*Babesia ovis B. equi B. caballi Theileria ovis Anaplasma marginale Coxiella burnetii*
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Rhipicephalus sanguineus – “brown dog tick”, “kernel tick" transmits the ff:
*Babesia canis B. equi B. caballi Hepatozoon canis Rickettsia canis R. conori R. rickettsii Ehrlichia canis*
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Causative agent of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF)
*Rickettsia rickettsii*
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Common name of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus
brown ear tick
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Common name of Rhipicephalus evertsi
“red-legged tick”
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Common name of Rhipicephalus sanguineus
“brown dog tick” or “kernel tick”
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Species under Genus Dermacentor
*1. Dermacentor andersoni (D. venustus) or "Rocky mountain wood tick”. 2. Dermacentor variabilis (American dog tick) 3. Dermacentor reticulatus (Ornate cow thick) 4. Dermacentor nitens (Tropical horse tick)*
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Example of three-host ticks
*1. Dermacentor andersoni (D. venustus) 2. Dermacentor variabilis 3. Dermacentor reticulatus*
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One-host tick in Genus Dermacentor
*Dermacentor nitens*
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Dermacentor andersoni (D. venustus) or “Rocky mountain wood tick (RMWT)” transmits the ff:
*1. Leptospira Pomona 2. Rickettsia rickettsii 3. Anaplasma marginale 4. Babesia canis 5. Coxiella burnetii*
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Disease transmitted by Leptospira pomona
Leptospirosis
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Causative agent of Leptospirosis
*Leptospira Pomona*
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Causative agent of Rocky Mountain Fever
"Rickettsia rickettsii*
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Disease transmitted by Rickettsia rickettsii
Rocky mountain fever
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Causative agent of Anaplasmosis
*Anaplasma marginale*
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Disease transmitted by *Anaplasma marginale*
Anaplasmosis
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Causative agent of canine babesiosis
*Babesia canis*
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Disease transmitted by Babesia canis
Canine babesiosis
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Causative agent of Q fever
*Coxiella burnetii*
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Disease transmitted by *Coxiella burnetii*
Q fever
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It is the cause of American tick paralysis.
*Dermacentor andersoni (D. venustus)* or “Rocky mountain wood tick"
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Common name of Dermacentor andersoni (D. venustus)
“Rocky mountain wood tick”
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Common name of Dermacentor variabilis
American dog tick
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Common name of Dermacentor reticulatus
Ornate cow tick
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Common name of Dermacentor nitens
Tropical horse tick
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vector of equine piroplasmosis
*Dermacentor nitens* or Tropical horse tick
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Specie under Genus Hyalomma
*Hyalomma truncatum*
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causes “sweating sickness” in cattle
*Hyalomma truncatum*
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Disease caused by *Hyalomma truncatum*
sweating sickness
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Genus of Three-host ticks
Genus Haemaphysalis Genus Amblyomma
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CN of Haemaphysalis leachi leachi
– “yellow dog tick”
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Haemaphysalis leachi leachi or yellow dog tick transmits the following:
*1. B. canis 2. Rickettsia conorii 3. Coxiella burnetii*
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Haemaphysalis cinnabarina punctata transmits the following on livestock
*1. Babesia bigemina 2. B. motasi 3. A. marginale*
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Causative agent of paralysis in cattle and sheep (Haemaphysalis cinnabarina punctata)
*1. Babesia bigemina 2. B. motasi 3. A. marginale*
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Haemaphysalis leporispalustris transmits the following on rabbits
1. *Coxiella burnetii* 2. Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (RMSF) 3. tularensis
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Species under Genus Amblyomma
1. *Amblyomma americanum* or “lone star tick” 2. *A. variegatum* or “tropical bont tick” 3. *A. cajennense* or “cayenne tick"
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Common name of Amblyomma americanum
“lone star tick”
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Common name of Amblyomma variegatum
tropical bont tick
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Common name of Amblyomma cajennense
cayenne tick
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Characterized by the presence of white spots on the scutum of the female
*Amblyomma americanum* (lone star tick)
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*Amblyomma americanum* transmits this that causes **heart water disease**
*Rickettsia ruminantium*
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Disease caused by *Rickettsia ruminantium*
heart water disease
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Causative agent of heart water disease
*Rickettsia ruminantium*
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Diseases transmitted by *Amblyomma americanum* (lone star tick)
• heart water disease • Nairobi sheep disease • Q fever
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Amblyomma cajennense (cayenne tick) transmits these disease
spotted fever and leptospirosis
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members are exclusively of reptiles (phytons, snakes, lizard, etc)
Genus Aponomma
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occur on a wide variety of mammals
Genus Rhipicentor *• Rhipicentor nuttalli • Rhipicentor bicornis*
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Species under Genus Margaropus
1. *Margaropus winthemi* (argentine tick) 2. *Margaropus reidi* (Sudanese tick) (beady-legged tick)
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Ticks in general transmit these causative agent
louping ill virus, rickettsia, protozoa
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CN of *Margaropus winthemi*
“argentine tick”
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SN of argentine tick
*Margaropus winthemi*
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Hosts are horses and cattle. One-host tick
Margaropus winthemi – “argentine tick”
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CN of *Margaropus reidi*
Sudanese tick, beady-legged tick
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SN of Sudanese tick, beady-legged tick
*Margaropus reidi*
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host – giraffe. One-host tick
*Margaropus reidi* (Sudanese tick, beady-legged tick)
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Pathogenicity of Ticks in general:
• Irritation leads to licking and scratching, thus predisposing animals to myiasis and pyemia. • Ticks suck blood leading to anemia, loss of weight, loss of milk. • Transmits louping ill virus, rickettsia, and protozoa. • Secrete toxins causing “tick paralysis” • Cause “tick worry” and “sweating sickness”
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Ticks in general transmit the ff. disease and causative agents
1. Transmits louping ill virus 2. **** (Leptospira Pomona) 3. Rickettsia (R. prowazekii, Anaplasma, R. rickettsii, R. conorii, R. ruminantium) 4. Protozoa (Babesia spp., Theileria)
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begins with the limbs then spread to the medulla oblongata resulting in respiratory failure and death
tick paralysis
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Secrete toxins causing “tick paralysis” and causes "tick worry"
Ticks
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as a result of irritation, anemia and other secondary skin infections combine
tick worry
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Crossing these to produce sterile male offspring as prevention of ticks.
*B. microplus and B. annulatus*
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