Ento 3. Disease
Accidental transmission; diseased organism does not require an insect vector
Mechanical Vector
Causative agent does require an insect vector for a portion of its life cycle
Obligatory Vector
What is the causative agent, vector, and host of Malaria
Plasmodium protozoan, Anopheles female mosquitos, humans
What is the causative agent, vector, and host of the Black Death
rats, oriental rat fleas, humans or rodents
What is the causative agent, vector, and host of Sleeping Sickness
trypanosome protozoans, tsetse flies, humans
What is the causative agent, vector, and host of Filariasis
two species of filarial worms, mosquitos, humans
What is the causative agent, vector, and host of River Blindness
nematodes, black flies, humans
Which order are the major parasites of livestock in the USA
Diptera
What are the other ways parasites infect livestock?
Pathogen transmission, and intermediate hosts of parasitic worms
What is envenomization?
injury from venoms pro- duced by insects and other animals
What order is the main vector for plant viruses?
Homoptera
What orders damage stored food?
larval and adult coleoptera, larval lepidoptera