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, Texas fever - ANSWER First disease recognized as transmit by an arthropod
Babesia caballi (equi) - ANSWER Causative agent of equine piroplasmosis
Wuncheria bancrofti - ANSWER causative agent of filariasis; endemic in most warm
regions of the world
Psorophora bos - ANSWER A mosquito species that has been reported only in the U.S.
Fowl plague - ANSWER Caused by type A influenza orthomyxovirus
In strongyloidiasis, the parasite Strongyloides stercoralis may undergo heterogonic
cycle when environmental conditions are favorable. Heterogonic refers to: - ANSWER
development of free living males and female which subsequently produce infective larva
The base of the insecticide commonly used for destruction of mites which cause
scabies on domestic animals - ANSWER Rotenone
A general measure which is customarily recommended as the most effective method for
prevention of RMSF in US - ANSWER Personal care to avoid tick infested areas
"Creeping eruptions" or "larval migrans" results most frequently from the presence in the
epidermis of the larvae: - ANSWER Ancylostoma braziliense (dog and cat hookworm)
Which of the following parasites is correctly paired with the pathological manifestation? -
ANSWER a. Fasciola hepatica - enhanced production of toxins of Clostridium novvi,
causing black disease
b. Ascaris lumbricoides - extraction of blood from host
c. Haemonchus contortus - choledochitis
>>>> d. Multiceps multiceps - nodular formation in cecum and colon
Oesophagostomum columbium - aneurysms
in anterior mesenteric artery