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Ectoparasite Control in Small Ruminants
Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice, 2001Ectoparasites are a common problem in small ruminants of North America. Management of ectoparasites in small ruminants can be challenging for producers and veterinarians. It is important for the veterinarian to make an accurate diagnosis of the type of ectoparasite that is infesting the animal, then to develop a plan that most effectively and ...
David P. Gnad, Donald E. Mock
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2013
This chapter highlights the importance of ectoparasites as vectors for many major diseases. It first defines ectoparasites as the arthropods that live on or in the skin, often feeding on blood. The chapter then shifts to describe the mites, which parasitize a wide range of animals and plants.
John H.L. Playfair, Gregory J. Bancroft
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This chapter highlights the importance of ectoparasites as vectors for many major diseases. It first defines ectoparasites as the arthropods that live on or in the skin, often feeding on blood. The chapter then shifts to describe the mites, which parasitize a wide range of animals and plants.
John H.L. Playfair, Gregory J. Bancroft
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ECTOPARASITES OF THE SPOTTED OWL
1994(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
Hunter, John E. +3 more
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Pathophysiology of ectoparasitic disease
Companion Animal, 2007Ectoparasites are a major cause of pruritus and therefore welfare concern. They may also cause anaemia (fleas, sucking lice, ticks), serve as vectors of several pathogens (protozoa, bacteria, rickettsia, viruses) and may be zoonotic. The skin constitutes the interface between ectoparasites and the host sensory and immune systems and plays an integral ...
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Host resistance to ectoparasites
Revue Scientifique et Technique de l'OIE, 1994Examples of immunological reactions to arthropod parasites include responses by hosts to the following stimuli: excretory and secretory antigens produced by myiasis-producing larvae or skin-dwelling (mange) mites salivary antigens of blood-sucking arthropods.
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Ectoparasites of Medical Importance
2017The parasitic mites and lice are mainly ectoparasites. Mite is of the order Acarina. Louse is of the order Anoplura (sucking louse). Mite of medical importance is Sarcoptes scabiei and lice of medical importance are Pediculus humanus capitis (head louse), Pediculus humanus humanus (body louse) and Phthirus pubis (crab louse).
Yvonne A. L. Lim +2 more
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