Insects as Pests of
Domestic Animals
(Part A)
How Insects
Annoy Pets,
Irritate Cattle,
and Reduce
Weight Gain in
Pigs
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Take Home Message
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Insects are important pests of
wild and domesticated
animals.
These pests can
transmit diseases, cause
economic losses, or just be
nuisances.
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Also very important in Global
Issues
National Geographic
November, 1995
Elephant eye and tear-
drinking moths
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Arthropod Pests of Animals:
Disease Transmitters
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Ceratopogonid Midges:
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Known to carry & transmit nematodes,
viruses, and protozoans.
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Culicoides
spp. carry Bluetongue disease
virus to sheep.
(Orbivirus sp.)
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Animals get blue tongue, sores in mouth,
bleeding, sore hooves.
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A significant problem in sheep/deer:
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15% mortality,
interruption of breeding
schedules, long convalescence,
and wool
loss.
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Originally from Africa, found in U.S. in
1950’s.
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Vaccines available yet need to be
improved (live vs inactivated viruses).
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