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||<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. | ||<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>]] | ||[[Suborder: Metastigmata, ticks#Life Cycle|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]] | ||
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+ | |<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>]] | ||
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+ | |<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>]] | ||
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+ | |<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>]] | ||
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+ | |<big>'''What climate does Rhipicephalus species prefer and what is it a vector for?''' | ||
+ | ||<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>]] | ||
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Arachnids
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What are the two divisions of the arachnid body? |
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Summarise the arachnid life cycle |
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Ticks
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What are seed ticks? |
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How can you differentiate hard ticks from soft ticks? |
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True or False: Soft ticks can swell up to three times their body size whilst taking a blood meal |
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List the mouthparts of ticks |
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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 |
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What is trans-stadial transmission? |
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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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What climate does Rhipicephalus species prefer and what is it a vector for? |
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