Scientific Name

Common Name

Class

Order

Species Affected

Description

Ctenocephalides felis

Flea

Insecta

Siphonaptera

Mammals, Avian

Species-specific, adults do
not like to leave host

Anoplura

Sheep, Swine,
Monkeys, Dogs (DO
NOT parasitize birds
& cats)

larger than Mallophaga,

head is narrower at thorax,
live on skin, eggs on hair
shaft, Ingest Blood

Mallophaga

smaller than Anoplura, head

Birds, Dogs, Cats,
is wider at thorax, live on
Cattle, Sheep, Goats, skin, eggs on hair shaft,
Horses
Ingest blood

Haematopinus,
Soenopotes capillatus,

Damalinia bovis

Otodectes cynotis

Sarcoptes scabei sp.

Notoedres cati (cats)

Demodex sp. (canis,

equi, ovis, cati, bovis,
caprae)

Sucking Lice

Chewing/Biting Lice

Ear Mites

Scabies
(have pedicles on legs)

Demodex (8-legged
Alligator)

Insecta

Insecta

Arachnidia

Arachnida

Arachnida

Transmission: Direct, Found

in external ear canal, feed
on epidermal debris, highly
contagious

Astigmata

Dogs, Cats, Ferrets

Sarcoptiformes

Transmission: direct &

Mammals,
fomites, entire lifecycle
ZOONOTIC but often occurs on animal, live in
self-limiting
epidermis

Trombidiformes Mammals

species-specific, cats rarely

infected, live in hair follicles
& sebaceous glands, canine
demodex are thinner than
feline, transmission: direct

Cheyletiella sp.

Walking Dandruff (hook-like

accessory mouthparts &
comb-like structures at tip
of legs)
Arachnida

Demacentor variabilis

American Dog Tick, Wood

Tick

Ripicephalus sanguineusBrown Dog Tick

Trombidiformes

Dogs, Cats, Rabbits,

ZOONOTIC but selflimiting

reside in keratin layer of

skin & ingest debris,
Transmission: Direct &
Fomites

Arachnida

Ixodida

Rodents, Dogs,
Humans

inhabits grassy areas

Arachnida

Ixodida

Dogs

infests buildings/kennels

Amblyomma
americanum

Lone Star Tick

Arachnida

Ixodida

found in Midwest &

Dogs, Cats, Humans, Southern U.S., found on
wildlife
head, belly, & flanks of host

Ixodes scapularis

Deer Tick (black-legged,

females have a red lower
half)

Arachnida

Ixodida

Deer, Humans,
livestock, Birds

infests wooded, trails, and

scrub areas

Reduvid sp.

Kissing Bugs

Insecta

Hemiptera

Mammals, Humans

periodic parasites

Trombicula sp.

Chigger (red to yellow color) Arachnidia

Amblyomma maculatum Gulf Coast Tick

Boophilus annulatus

Habronema sp.

Dracunulus insignis

Texas Cattle Fever tick

(North American Tick)

Habronema

Dracunuculus (Guinea
Worm)

Arachnida

Arachnida

Secernentea

Secernentea

Trombidiforma

larvae are parasitic,

Birds, Mammals,
Humans

Ixodida

found on ears of host,

livestock, dogs, cats, severe bites & painful
wildlife, Humans
swellings

Ixodida

Spirurida

Spirurida

feed on serous tissues,

digests host cells, leaves
host after feeding

Cattle

eradicated from the U.S.,

must be reported if found,
stays on the host for entire
lifecycle

Horses

nematodes found in
stomach mucosa of horses,
cause skin lesions (summer
sores) in horses, flies are
intermediate host

Dog, Humans

found in subcutaneous
tissues of the skin,
crustaceans are
intermediate host, dogs
infected by drinking water
containing crustaceans

References:
Merck Veterinary Manual. Retrieved Nov 11, 2010, from: http://www.merckvetmanual.com
Hendrix, Charles M. & Robinson, Ed. (2006). Diagnostic Parasitology for Veterinary Technicians. St. Louis: Mosby Elsevier.
Images From:
http://www.icb.usp.br/~marcelcp/

http://bugguide.net/node/view/307899/bgimage

http://cal.vet.upenn.edu/projects/paraav/labs/sarcop.htm

http://www.forestryimages.org/browse/

http://www.biosurvey.ou.edu/okwild/misc/lstick.html

http://instruction.cvhs.okstate.edu/kocan/vpar5333/

http://www.k-state.edu/parasitology/625tutorials/Nematodes11.html

http://bugguide.net/node/view/56694

Diseases Transmitted by

Causes: Flea Allergy Dermatitis & Milliary

Dermatitis
Transmits:
Bartonella sp., rickettsiae, filarid &
cestode parasites,

Causes: Pediculosis, Severe Anemia,

Transmitted: Direct & Fomites

Causes: Pediculosis, Transmitted: Direct &

Fomites

Causes: Otitis externa

Causes: Sarcoptic acariasis (scabies),

extremely pruritic

Causes: Demodicosis (usually in immune

compromised animals), not pruritic

Causes: Pruritis

Causes: Tick Paralysis, Anemia

Transmits: Human Granulocytic
Ehrlichiosis, Turalemia, Cytauxzoonosis,
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever,

Causes: Tick paralysis, Anemia

Transmits: Canine Ehrlichiosis, Rocky
Mountain Spotted Fever, Babiesa canis,
Hepatozoonosis, Haemabartonellosis

Causes: Tick Paralysis, Anemia

Transmits: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever,
Tularemia, Q Fever, Human Monocytic
Ehrlichiosis, Southern Tick-Associated
Rash Illness (STARI) in humans

Causes: Tick Paralyisis, Anemia

Transmits: Lyme Disease (Borrelia
burgdorferi ), Human Granulocytic
Ehrlichiosis, Human Babesiosis,
Encephalitis,

Trypanosoma cruzi (Chaga's disease)severe protozoan disease in dogs &

humans

Causes: orange crusting dermatosis

Causes: Tick Paralysis

Transmits: Babesia bigemia (cattle),

Causes: Anemia

Causes: Summer sores, Gastritis, Colic,

Diarrhea

Causes: ulcerous skin lesion

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