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WEEK THREE - PARASI TES: GRANT HAL L

BL OWFLY
CAL L I PHORI DAE
DEFI NI NG
CHARACTERI STI CS
6 to 14 mm in length
metallic sheen to their
bodies
blunt mouthparts and do
not bite
BL OWFLY MAGGOT
CAL L I PHORI DAE
DEFI NI NG
CHARACTERI STI CS
9 to 22 mm in length
equipped with hook-like
mouthparts and spiracles
for breathing
soft and pale color, similar
to worms or grains of rice
CAT WARBL E
CUTEREBRA
DEFI NI NG
CHARACTERI STI CS
First-stage: 1-1.5 mm long,
slender and transparent
Second-stage: 5-15 mm long,
white, and have very large
black spines on the cuticle.
Third-stage: 3 to 4.5 cm in
length, are typically darkly
colored, and bear rows of
large black spines on each
segment
CATTL E GRUB
HYPODERMA
DEFI NI NG
CHARACTERI STI CS
swellings on back measure
about 3 cm in diameter
younger larvae are almost
white, change to yellow,
then to light brown and
finally almost black
Full grown larvae are 25
mm long
COCCI DI A
I SOSPRA OR EI MERI A
DEFI NI NG
CHARACTERI STI CS
protozoan unicellular
organisms
causes coccidiosis a parasitic
disease of the intestinal tract
Contains 2 sporocyst, each
with four sporozoites then its
Isospora
Contain 4 sporocyst, each
with 2 sporozoitesthe its
Eimeria