Difference between revisions of "Arachnid Flashcards"

From WikiVet English
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(10 intermediate revisions by 5 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
−
<big>'''Arachnids'''</big>
+
{{toplink
−
<FlashCard questions="2">
+
|backcolour = f5fffa
−
|q1=What are the two divisions of the arachnid body?
+
|linkpage =Arthropods
−
|a1=
+
|linktext =ARTHROPODS
−
*Cephalo-thorax
+
|sublink1 =Flash Cards - WikiBugs
−
*Abdomen
+
|subtext1 =WIKIBUGS FLASHCARDS
−
|l1=Arachnida_Structure_and_Function
+
|pagetype =Bugs
−
|q2=Summarise the arachnid life cycle
+
}}
−
|a2=
+
[[Image:Deer tick.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Deer tick - Scott Bauer]]
−
*Larvae emerge from the egg
 
−
*Nymphal stage follows the larval stage
 
−
*Nymph undergoes ecdyses forming the adult
 
−
|l2=Arachnida_Life_Cycles
 
−
</FlashCard>
 
  
−
<big>'''[[Ticks Flashcards]]
+
==<font color="purple">Arachnids</font>==
 +
{| border="3" cellpadding="8"
 +
!width="400"|'''Question'''
 +
!width="400"|'''Answer'''
 +
!width="150"|'''Article'''
 +
|-
 +
|<big>'''What are the two divisions of the arachnid body?'''
 +
||<font color="white"> <big>
 +
*'''''Cephalo-thorax'''''
 +
*'''''Abdomen'''''
 +
||[[Arachnida#Structure and Function|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 +
|-
 +
|<big>'''Summarise the arachnid life cycle'''
 +
||<font color="white"> <big>
 +
*'''''Larvae emerge from the egg'''''
 +
*'''''Nymphal stage follows the larval stage'''''
 +
*'''''Nymph undergoes ecdyses forming the adult'''''
 +
||[[Arachnida#Life Cycle|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 +
|}
  
−
'''[[Mites Flashcards]]
+
==<font color="purple">Ticks</font>==
−
</big>
+
{| border="3" cellpadding="8"
 +
!width="400"|'''Question'''
 +
!width="400"|'''Answer'''
 +
!width="150"|'''Article'''
 +
|-
 +
|<big>'''What are seed ticks?'''
 +
||<font color="white"> <big>
 +
*'''''Tick larvae'''''
 +
||[[Arachnida#Life Cycle|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 +
|-
 +
|<big>'''How can you differentiate hard ticks from soft ticks?'''
 +
||<font color="white"> <big>
 +
*'''''Soft ticks have no scutum'''''
 +
*'''''The mouthparts are not visible from the dorsal surface of soft ticks'''''
 +
*'''''Hard ticks have festoons'''''
 +
*'''''Hard ticks can be ornate'''''
 +
||[[Suborder: Metastigmata, ticks#Morphology|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 +
|-
 +
|<big>'''True or False: Soft ticks can swell up to three times their body size whilst taking a blood meal'''
 +
||<font color="white"> <big>
 +
*'''''False'''''
 +
*'''''Soft ticks feed little and often and cannot expand to three times their body size whilst feeding'''''
 +
*'''''Female hard ticks can swell up to three times their body size whilst engorging on a blood meal'''''
 +
||[[Suborder: Metastigmata, ticks#Morphology|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 +
|-
 +
|<big>'''List the mouthparts of ticks'''
 +
||<font color="white"> <big>
 +
*'''''Hypostome'''''
 +
*'''''Chelicerae'''''
 +
*'''''Palps'''''
 +
||[[Suborder: Metastigmata, ticks#Mouthparts|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 +
|-
 +
|<big>'''Fill in the missing words about soft and hard ticks'''
 +
||<big>Soft ticks feed <font color="white">'''''little and often'''''</font> and on <font color="white">'''''many hosts'''''</font>. Hard ticks take <font color="white">'''''one'''''</font> blood meal at each <font color="white">'''''life cycle stage'''''</font> and can feed on <font color="white">'''''one, two or three different hosts'''''</font> during their life cycle.
 +
||[[Suborder: Metastigmata, ticks#Life Cycle|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 +
|-
 +
|<big>'''What is trans-ovarian transmission and give an example of a species of tick which uses this'''
 +
||<font color="white"> <big>
 +
*'''''Infection is passed from one generation of ticks to the next through the egg '''''
 +
*'''''Babesia'''''
 +
||[[Suborder: Metastigmata, ticks#Disease Transmission|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 +
|-
 +
|<big>'''What is trans-stadial transmission?'''
 +
||<font color="white"> <big>
 +
*'''''Parasite or microbial organism is ingested during feeding'''''
 +
*'''''Organism passed onto the next host as the tick develops (only in two and three host ticks)'''''
 +
*'''''It is not passed onto the next generation through the egg'''''
 +
||[[Suborder: Metastigmata, ticks#Disease Transmission|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 +
|-
 +
|<big>'''What is the most important tick species in the UK, how many hosts does it feed upon and what disease can it spread?'''
 +
||<font color="white"> <big>
 +
*'''''Ixodes species'''''
 +
*'''''3 host tick'''''
 +
*'''''Transmits Lyme Disease'''''
 +
||[[Suborder: Metastigmata, ticks#Important UK Hard Ticks|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 +
|-
 +
|<big>'''What climate does Rhipicephalus species prefer and what is it a vector for?'''
 +
||<font color="white"> <big>
 +
*'''''Warmer climates'''''
 +
*'''''Theileria parva for East Coast Fever'''''
 +
*'''''Babesia bigemina'''''
 +
*'''''Babesia canis and Ehrlichia canis'''''  
 +
||[[Suborder: Metastigmata, ticks#Important Overseas Hard Ticks|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 +
|-
 +
|<big>'''Name some important soft ticks'''
 +
||<font color="white"> <big>
 +
*'''''Argas species'''''
 +
*'''''Ornithodorus species'''''
 +
*'''''Otobius species'''''
 +
||[[Suborder: Metastigmata, ticks#Important Overseas Soft Ticks|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 +
|-
 +
|<big>'''What are the main methods of tick control?'''
 +
||<font color="white"> <big>
 +
*'''''Killing ticks on the ground'''''
 +
*'''''Separate the host from infection'''''
 +
*'''''Killing ticks on the host'''''
 +
*'''''Enhancing stock resistance'''''
 +
||[[Suborder: Metastigmata, ticks#Control|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 +
|}
  
−
[[Category:Arachnida]][[Category:Parasite Flashcards]]
+
==<font color="purple">Mites</font>==
 +
{| border="3" cellpadding="8"
 +
!width="400"|'''Question'''
 +
!width="400"|'''Answer'''
 +
!width="150"|'''Article'''
 +
|-
 +
|<big>'''How many pairs of legs do adult and nymph mites have respectively?'''
 +
||<font color="white"> <big>
 +
*'''''Adults have 4 pairs of legs'''''
 +
*'''''Nymphs have 3 pairs of legs'''''
 +
||[[Suborder: Astigmata, astigmatid mites#Astigmata Introduction|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 +
|-
 +
|<big>'''What is the main feature which distinguishes burrowing mites from non-burrowing mites?'''
 +
||<font color="white"> <big>
 +
*'''''Burrowing mites have short legs which project only a small distance from the body'''''
 +
*'''''Non-burrowing mites have longer legs'''''
 +
||[[Suborder: Astigmata, astigmatid mites#Sarcoptidae|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 +
|-
 +
|<big>'''Is ''Sarcoptes'' as burrowing or non-burrowing mite?'''
 +
||<font color="white"> <big>
 +
*'''''Buurrowing'''''
 +
||[[Suborder: Astigmata, astigmatid mites#Sarcoptidae|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 +
|-
 +
|<big>'''What clinical signs present in an infection caused by ''Sarcoptes'' mites?'''
 +
||<font color="white"> <big>
 +
*'''''Erythema with papule formation'''''
 +
*'''''Intense pruritis'''''
 +
*'''''Wrinkling and thickening of the skin'''''
 +
*'''''Scabies'''''
 +
*'''''Rash may present if a hypersensitivity reaction develops'''''
 +
||[[Suborder: Astigmata, astigmatid mites#Sarcoptidae|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 +
|-
 +
|<big>'''Which species are affected by ''Knemidocoptes'' mites?'''
 +
||<font color="white"> <big>
 +
*'''''Avians'''''
 +
||[[Suborder: Astigmata, astigmatid mites#Knemidocoptes|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 +
|-
 +
|<big>'''What are the three main species of ''Knemidocoptes'' mites and what conditions do they cause?'''
 +
||<font color="white"> <big>
 +
*'''''K. mutans'''''
 +
**'''''Causes scaly leg'''''
 +
*'''''K. gallinae'''''
 +
**'''''Causes depluming itch'''''
 +
*'''''K. pilae'''''
 +
**'''''Causes scaly face and beak'''''
 +
||[[Suborder: Astigmata, astigmatid mites#Knemidocoptes|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 +
|-
 +
|<big>'''Which species do ''Trixacarus'' mites affect and how long can it take before the infection causes death?'''
 +
||<font color="white"> <big>
 +
*'''''Labaratory rodent'''''
 +
**'''''3-4 months after infection'''''
 +
||[[Suborder: Astigmata, astigmatid mites#Trixacarus|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 +
|-
 +
|<big>'''What shape are ''Demodex'' mites?'''
 +
||<font color="white"> <big>
 +
*'''''Cigar shaped'''''
 +
||[[Suborder: Astigmata, astigmatid mites#Demodex|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 +
|-
 +
|<big>'''What are the two types of demodecosis caused by ''Demodex'' mites?'''
 +
||<font color="white"> <big>
 +
*'''''Pustular'''''
 +
**'''''Skin invasion by ''Stapylococcus''.'''''
 +
**'''''More serious infection'''''
 +
*'''''Squamous'''''
 +
**'''''Dry reaction'''''
 +
**'''''Less serious'''''
 +
||[[Suborder: Astigmata, astigmatid mites#Demodex|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 +
|-
 +
|<big>'''What species do ''Notoedres'' mites affect?'''
 +
||<font color="white"> <big>
 +
*'''''Cats'''''
 +
*'''''Rats'''''
 +
*'''''Humans'''''
 +
*'''''Rabbits'''''
 +
*'''''Tropical bats'''''
 +
||[[Suborder: Astigmata, astigmatid mites#Notoedres|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 +
|}

Revision as of 14:59, 7 January 2009

Infectious agents and parasitesWikiBugs Banner.png
ARTHROPODS
WIKIBUGS FLASHCARDS


Deer tick - Scott Bauer

Arachnids

Question Answer Article
What are the two divisions of the arachnid body?
  • Cephalo-thorax
  • Abdomen
 Link to Answer Article
Summarise the arachnid life cycle
  • Larvae emerge from the egg
  • Nymphal stage follows the larval stage
  • Nymph undergoes ecdyses forming the adult
 Link to Answer Article

Ticks

Question Answer Article
What are seed ticks?
  • Tick larvae
 Link to Answer Article
How can you differentiate hard ticks from soft ticks?
  • Soft ticks have no scutum
  • The mouthparts are not visible from the dorsal surface of soft ticks
  • Hard ticks have festoons
  • Hard ticks can be ornate
 Link to Answer Article
True or False: Soft ticks can swell up to three times their body size whilst taking a blood meal
  • False
  • Soft ticks feed little and often and cannot expand to three times their body size whilst feeding
  • Female hard ticks can swell up to three times their body size whilst engorging on a blood meal
 Link to Answer Article
List the mouthparts of ticks
  • Hypostome
  • Chelicerae
  • Palps
 Link to Answer Article
Fill in the missing words about soft and hard ticks Soft ticks feed little and often and on many hosts. Hard ticks take one blood meal at each life cycle stage and can feed on one, two or three different hosts during their life cycle. Link to Answer Article
What is trans-ovarian transmission and give an example of a species of tick which uses this
  • Infection is passed from one generation of ticks to the next through the egg
  • Babesia
 Link to Answer Article
What is trans-stadial transmission?
  • Parasite or microbial organism is ingested during feeding
  • Organism passed onto the next host as the tick develops (only in two and three host ticks)
  • It is not passed onto the next generation through the egg
 Link to Answer Article
What is the most important tick species in the UK, how many hosts does it feed upon and what disease can it spread?
  • Ixodes species
  • 3 host tick
  • Transmits Lyme Disease
 Link to Answer Article
What climate does Rhipicephalus species prefer and what is it a vector for?
  • Warmer climates
  • Theileria parva for East Coast Fever
  • Babesia bigemina
  • Babesia canis and Ehrlichia canis
 Link to Answer Article
Name some important soft ticks
  • Argas species
  • Ornithodorus species
  • Otobius species
 Link to Answer Article
What are the main methods of tick control?
  • Killing ticks on the ground
  • Separate the host from infection
  • Killing ticks on the host
  • Enhancing stock resistance
 Link to Answer Article

Mites

Question Answer Article
How many pairs of legs do adult and nymph mites have respectively?
  • Adults have 4 pairs of legs
  • Nymphs have 3 pairs of legs
 Link to Answer Article
What is the main feature which distinguishes burrowing mites from non-burrowing mites?
  • Burrowing mites have short legs which project only a small distance from the body
  • Non-burrowing mites have longer legs
 Link to Answer Article
Is Sarcoptes as burrowing or non-burrowing mite?
  • Buurrowing
 Link to Answer Article
What clinical signs present in an infection caused by Sarcoptes mites?
  • Erythema with papule formation
  • Intense pruritis
  • Wrinkling and thickening of the skin
  • Scabies
  • Rash may present if a hypersensitivity reaction develops
 Link to Answer Article
Which species are affected by Knemidocoptes mites?
  • Avians
 Link to Answer Article
What are the three main species of Knemidocoptes mites and what conditions do they cause?
  • K. mutans
    • Causes scaly leg
  • K. gallinae
    • Causes depluming itch
  • K. pilae
    • Causes scaly face and beak
 Link to Answer Article
Which species do Trixacarus mites affect and how long can it take before the infection causes death?
  • Labaratory rodent
    • 3-4 months after infection
 Link to Answer Article
What shape are Demodex mites?
  • Cigar shaped
 Link to Answer Article
What are the two types of demodecosis caused by Demodex mites?
  • Pustular
    • Skin invasion by Stapylococcus.
    • More serious infection
  • Squamous
    • Dry reaction
    • Less serious
 Link to Answer Article
What species do Notoedres mites affect?
  • Cats
  • Rats
  • Humans
  • Rabbits
  • Tropical bats
 Link to Answer Article
Retrieved from "https://en.wikivet.net/index.php?title=Arachnid_Flashcards&oldid=42544"