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Insects of Veterinary Importance
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Sheep Ked
Diseases transmitted: Bluetongue virus, sheep pox. Impact on livestock: Decreased wool quality, irritation, possible vectors for other diseases.
Warble Fly
Diseases transmitted: Hypodermosis. Impact on livestock: Formation of warbles (lumps in the skin where larvae develop), damage to hides, potential secondary bacterial infections.
Screw-worm Fly
Diseases transmitted: Myiasis. Impact on livestock: Tissue damage, secondary bacterial infections, can be lethal if untreated particularly in wounds.
Sand Fly
Diseases transmitted: Leishmaniasis. Impact on livestock: Skin lesions, weight loss, fever, and anemia.
Horse Fly
Diseases transmitted: Equine infectious anemia, anaplasmosis. Impact on livestock: Painful bites lead to blood loss and distress, vector for disease.
Red Imported Fire Ant
Diseases transmitted: None specific to livestock. Impact on livestock: Painful stings, potential allergic reactions, can cause distress and injury to animals.
Buffalo Gnat
Diseases transmitted: Leucocytozoonosis. Impact on livestock: Blood loss, stress, could lead to suffocation in extreme swarming situations.
Biting Midge
Diseases transmitted: Bluetongue virus, African horse sickness virus. Impact on livestock: Fever, mouth ulcers, lameness, and can be fatal especially in sheep and horses.
House Fly
Diseases transmitted: Animal myiasis, various bacterial infections. Impact on livestock: Reduced feed efficiency, stress and discomfort to animals, potential decreased production.
Flea
Diseases transmitted: Tapeworms, flea allergy dermatitis. Impact on livestock: Anemia from blood loss, irritation, can serve as a vector for other diseases.
Face Fly
Diseases transmitted: Pink eye (bovine infectious keratoconjunctivitis). Impact on livestock: Eye irritation and potential infections can lead to reduced feed conversion efficiency and lower milk yield.
Tsetse Fly
Diseases transmitted: African trypanosomiasis (Nagana). Impact on livestock: Weight loss, lethargy, death if untreated.
Bot Fly
Diseases transmitted: Myiasis. Impact on livestock: Internal parasites, can cause blockages in digestive system, irritation and ulceration at the site of larval entry.
Cattle Tick
Diseases transmitted: Babesiosis, Anaplasmosis. Impact on livestock: Anemia, fever, potential mortality if not controlled.
Louse Fly
Diseases transmitted: Trypanosoma theileri. Impact on livestock: Irritation, blood loss, anemia in severe cases.
Horn Fly
Diseases transmitted: Bovine anaplasmosis, mastitis. Impact on livestock: Skin irritation, lower weight gain in beef cattle, reduced milk yield.
Stable Fly
Diseases transmitted: Equine Infectious Anemia, Bovine Leukosis. Impact on livestock: Blood loss, irritation, potential drop in milk production for dairy cattle.
Mosquito
Diseases transmitted: West Nile Virus, Eastern Equine Encephalitis. Impact on livestock: Fever, encephalitis, potential death especially in horses.
Sheep Nasal Bot Fly
Diseases transmitted: Nasal myiasis. Impact on livestock: Nasal irritation, behavioural changes, reduced weight gain, and potential respiratory obstruction.
Deer Fly
Diseases transmitted: Tularemia, anaplasmosis. Impact on livestock: Blood loss, irritation, can transmit diseases.
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