Ectoparasites

What is the generic fly life-cycle?

Why did the attempted eradication of malaria not work?

Which agent transmits malaria?

What is the difference between eradication and control?

Which body system do most ectoparasitic drugs target?

Which four aspects of the CNS do ectoparasitic drugs target?

Name some insect repellants?

Name a Dessicant?

Name a insectide with a synergist effect?

How does Piperonyl Butoxide work?

Give an example of an insecticide dip used especially in cats?

What is a deltamethrin collar good for?

What is a imidacloprid/flumethrin collar good for?

How does nitenpyram differ from a spinosad?

Why do you need to give multiple environmental flea treatment?

What groups of ectoparasitic control are found in FrontlineCombo

Why is it important if a louse is sucking or chewing?

What is significant about the lifecycle of a ked.

What is a ked?

What are midges and mosquitos vectors of?

What are sandflies a vector of?

What is a way to repel sandflies?

What is the scientific name for a hard tick?

What is the scientific name for a soft tick?

Which tick is nidiculous?

What is significant about Ixodes ricinus ?

What is Borrelia burgdoferi ?

What disease does Dermacentor reticulatus transmit?

What diseases do Rhipicephalus sanguineus trasmit?

What is the most common Tick-borne disease in UK?

Describe the morphology of the Borrelosis agent?

What animals does Louping Ill virus effect?

Is Louping Ill notifiable?

What is the pathogenesis of Babesiosis?

What is the most economically important arthropod-borne disease of cattle worldwide?

What strain of Babesia affects cattle in UK?

What is the window between tick attachment and pathogen transfer?

What is a mite life-cycle?

What is the main host of sarcoptic mange?

What is the best treatment for sarcoptic mange? What is a downside?

How does the age of the animal affect treatment for demodex?

What is the agent for sheep scab?

What is the best way to treat sheep scab?

How does moxidectin differ in terms of withdrawal period cf doramectin and ivermectin?