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(Created page with '<FlashCard questions="11"> |q1=What are seed ticks? |a1=Tick larvae |l1=Arachnida#Life Cycle |q2=How can you differentiate hard ticks from soft ticks? |a2= *Soft ticks have no sc…')
 
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*Hard ticks have festoons
 
*Hard ticks have festoons
 
*Hard ticks can be ornate
 
*Hard ticks can be ornate
|l2=Suborder: Metastigmata, ticks#Morphology
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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
|l3=Suborder: Metastigmata, ticks#Morphology
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|q4=List the mouthparts of ticks
 
|q4=List the mouthparts of ticks
 
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*Chelicerae
 
*Chelicerae
 
*Palps
 
*Palps
|l4=Suborder: Metastigmata, ticks#Mouthparts
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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
|l6=Suborder: Metastigmata, ticks#Disease Transmission
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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
|l7=Suborder: Metastigmata, ticks#Disease Transmission
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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  
|l8=Suborder: Metastigmata, ticks#Important UK Hard Ticks
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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  
|l9=Suborder: Metastigmata, ticks#Important Overseas Hard Ticks
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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  
|l10=Suborder: Metastigmata, ticks#Important Overseas Soft Ticks
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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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Revision as of 22:10, 30 March 2010

Question Answer Article
What are seed ticks? Link to Article
How can you differentiate hard ticks from soft ticks? Link to Article
True or False: Soft ticks can swell up to three times their body size whilst taking a blood meal Link to Article
List the mouthparts of ticks 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.

Link to Article
What is trans-ovarian transmission and give an example of a species of tick which uses this Link to Article
What is trans-stadial transmission? 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? Link to Article
What climate does Rhipicephalus species prefer and what is it a vector for? Link to Article
Name some important soft ticks Link to Article
  • What are the main methods of tick control?
Link to Article