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|q1=What are seed ticks? | |q1=What are seed ticks? | ||
|a1=Tick larvae | |a1=Tick larvae | ||
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|q2=How can you differentiate hard ticks from soft ticks? | |q2=How can you differentiate hard ticks from soft ticks? | ||
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*Hard ticks have festoons | *Hard ticks have festoons | ||
*Hard ticks can be ornate | *Hard ticks can be ornate | ||
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|q3=True or False: Soft ticks can swell up to three times their body size whilst taking a blood meal | |q3=True or False: Soft ticks can swell up to three times their body size whilst taking a blood meal | ||
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*Soft ticks feed little and often and cannot expand to three times their body size whilst feeding | *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 | *Female hard ticks can swell up to three times their body size whilst engorging on a blood meal | ||
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|q4=List the mouthparts of ticks | |q4=List the mouthparts of ticks | ||
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*Chelicerae | *Chelicerae | ||
*Palps | *Palps | ||
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|q5=Fill in the missing words about soft and hard ticks: | |q5=Fill in the missing words about soft and hard ticks: | ||
<p>Soft ticks feed ??? and on ??? hosts. Hard ticks take ??? at each life cycle stage and can feed on ??? different hosts during their life cycle.</p> | <p>Soft ticks feed ??? and on ??? hosts. Hard ticks take ??? at each life cycle stage and can feed on ??? different hosts during their life cycle.</p> | ||
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*one blood meal | *one blood meal | ||
*one, two or three | *one, two or three | ||
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|q6=What is trans-ovarian transmission and give an example of a species of tick which uses this | |q6=What is trans-ovarian transmission and give an example of a species of tick which uses this | ||
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*Infection is passed from one generation of ticks to the next through the egg | *Infection is passed from one generation of ticks to the next through the egg | ||
*Babesia | *Babesia | ||
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|q7=What is trans-stadial transmission? | |q7=What is trans-stadial transmission? | ||
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*Organism passed onto the next host as the tick develops (only in two and three host ticks) | *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 | *It is not passed onto the next generation through the egg | ||
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|q8=What is the most important tick species in the UK, how many hosts does it feed upon and what disease can it spread? | |q8=What is the most important tick species in the UK, how many hosts does it feed upon and what disease can it spread? | ||
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*3 host tick | *3 host tick | ||
*Transmits Lyme Disease | *Transmits Lyme Disease | ||
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|q9=What climate does Rhipicephalus species prefer and what is it a vector for? | |q9=What climate does Rhipicephalus species prefer and what is it a vector for? | ||
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*Babesia bigemina | *Babesia bigemina | ||
*Babesia canis and Ehrlichia canis | *Babesia canis and Ehrlichia canis | ||
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|q10=Name some important soft ticks | |q10=Name some important soft ticks | ||
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*Ornithodorus species | *Ornithodorus species | ||
*Otobius species | *Otobius species | ||
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*What are the main methods of tick control? | *What are the main methods of tick control? | ||
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*Killing ticks on the host | *Killing ticks on the host | ||
*Enhancing stock resistance | *Enhancing stock resistance | ||
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</FlashCard> | </FlashCard> | ||
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Revision as of 22:10, 30 March 2010
| Question | Answer | Article | |
| What are seed ticks? | Tick larvae
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Link to Article | |
| How can you differentiate hard ticks from soft ticks? |
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Link to Article | |
| True or False: Soft ticks can swell up to three times their body size whilst taking a blood meal |
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Link to Article | |
| List the mouthparts of ticks |
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Link to Article | |
| Fill in the missing words about soft and hard ticks:
Soft ticks feed ??? and on ??? hosts. Hard ticks take ??? at each life cycle stage and can feed on ??? different hosts during their life cycle. |
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Link to Article | |
| What is trans-ovarian transmission and give an example of a species of tick which uses this |
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Link to Article | |
| What is trans-stadial transmission? |
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Link to Article | |
| What is the most important tick species in the UK, how many hosts does it feed upon and what disease can it spread? |
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Link to Article | |
| What climate does Rhipicephalus species prefer and what is it a vector for? |
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Link to Article | |
| Name some important soft ticks |
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Link to Article | |
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Link to Article | |