1. PARASITE TRAINING

2. ZoGuard Plus Protects Against Major Parasites
Fleas
Adults
Eggs
Larvae
Ticks
Mosquitoes
Chewing lice

3. Major Ectoparasites
Ticks - Each year, thousands of dogs contract Lyme disease, anaplasmosis and other vector-borne diseases. Dogs are 50 to 100 times more likely than humans to come in contact with disease-carrying ticks.
Mosquitoes - globally, the most dangerous animal to humans
Chewing lice cause irritation and damage as a result of rubbing, scratching, and biting of infested areas.
Heavy infestations may cause severe pruritus, restlessness, intense scratching, a ruffled or rough matted coat and sometimes alopecia.
Fleas - hardy and determined: designed to be un-crushable.*
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4. Small wingless, obligate blood-feeding
The Flea
Insects (6 legs)
Small wingless, obligate blood-feeding
Life cycle adult spends only short time on host, rest of life cycle in environs
Major flea in veterinary medicine
Cat Flea (Ctenocephalides felis)

5. The Flea Life cycle

6. Diseases Caused by Fleas
Flea Allergy Dermatitis
Anemia (severe infestations)
Tapeworm disease
Bartonella

7. Major ticks in veterinary medicine-Ixodidae
The Tick
Ticks are second only to mosquitoes as vectors of human and animal disease, both infectious and toxic
Arachnids (8 legs)
Life cycle feeds on multiple hosts, feeds for long periods of time, rest of life cycle in environs
Not mobile, “sit and wait”, grabs on as host touches vegetation where tick is waiting
Major ticks in veterinary medicine-Ixodidae
Ixodes – deer tick / black legged tick
Dermacentor – American dog tick
Amblyomma – Brown dog tick
Rhipicephalus – Lone Star tick
Life cycle has three stages that take blood meals (larva, nymph, adult)

8. The Tick Life Cycle

9. Prolific egg layers The Tick Life Cycle
Hardin MD/University of Iowa and CDC

10. Tick Disease Transmission
Black legged tick
(Ixodes scapularis, I. pacificus)
Lyme
Anaplasma
Bartonella
Babesia
American Dog Tick
(Dermacentor variabilis, D. andersonii)
RMSF
Hemobartonella
Ehrlichia
Tick Paralysis
Lone Star Tick
(Rhipicephalus sanguineus)
Cytauxzoonosis
Brown Dog Tick
(Amblyomma americanum)

11. Mosquitoes Found in all 50 states 150 different species
Each species can carry different types of diseases and will typically breed and feed at different times of the day
Only females feed
 A flea's mouth has two functions: one for squirting saliva or partly digested blood into the bite, and one for sucking up blood from the host. This process mechanically transmits pathogens that may cause diseases the flea might have. Fleas smell exhaled carbon dioxide from humans and animals and jump rapidly to the source to feed on the newly found host. A flea is wingless so it can not fly, but it can jump long distances with the help of small powerful legs. A flea's leg consists of four parts. The part that is closest to the body is the coxa. Next is the femur, tibia and tausus. A flea can use its legs to jump up to 200 times its own body length. It can also jump about 130 times its own height.
     The flea's body is only about one tenth of an inch. A flea's body is constructed to make it easier to jump long distances. The flea's body consists of three regions: head, thorax, and abdomen. The head and the thorax have rows of bristles (called combs) and the abdomen consists of eight visible segments

12. Rate of development is very dependent on temperature
Mosquitoes Life Cycle
Rate of development is very dependent on temperature
Warmer the temperature, the faster the development
Eggs that are laid or adults that emerge late in the season can over-winter

13. Mosquito-borne Diseases
Companion Animal
Heartworm
West Nile Virus
Humans
Arboviruses
EEE/WEE
West Nile Virus
Japanese Encephalitis
St. Louis Encephalitis
LaCrosse Encephalitis
Dengue Fever
Malaria
Lymphatic filariasis
Rift Valley Fever
Yellow Fever

14. Chewing Lice
Trichodectes canis is a chewing louse found on dogs and wild canids throughout the world and is a vector of the dog tapeworm, Dipylidium caninum.
Grasp host hair with their mouthpart and chew
with large mandibles resulting in extreme
irritation

15. Chewing Lice Lifecycle
A female lays several eggs daily throughout her life which is about 30 days.
Eggs (also known as “nits”) are cemented near the base of the hair and hatch in 1 to 2 weeks.
Feed on tissue debris

16. Vector for the dog tapeworm Dipylidium caninum.
Chewing Lice Diseases
Severe pruritus
Restlessness
Intense scratching
Alopecia (hair losee)
Vector for the dog tapeworm 
Dipylidium caninum.