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Describe flies in terms of: -Etiology -Species affected -Transmission and pathogenesis -Clinical signs -Diagnosis

Describe flies in terms of:
-Etiology
-Species affected
-Transmission and pathogenesis
-Clinical signs
-Diagnosis
-Treatment and control

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Kavungya
Etiology
Flies from the order Diptera
1. Dipterans with biting mouth parts =these species include black flies, sand flies, biting midges, mosquitos, horse flies, and deer flies. In other species of blood-feeding dipterans, both male and female flies feed on vertebrate blood; these species include stable flies, horn flies, buffalo flies, tsetse flies, sheep keds, and hippoboscid or louse flies.
2. Dipterans with non biting mouth parts
3. Myiasis producing dipterans

Species affected
Many domestic animals

Transmission and pathogenesis
As larvae, dipterans may develop in the subcutaneous tissues of the skin, respiratory passages, or digestive tract of vertebrate hosts and produce a condition known as myiasis.

Clinical signs
-Myiasis
-intermediate hosts for helminth parasites or for protozoan parasites.
-They may also serve as vectors for bacteria, viruses, spirochetes, chlamydiae

Diagnosis
Clinical signs

Treatment and control
Insecticides and lavicidals
Kavungya answered the question on May 6, 2019 at 09:29

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