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Find information on animal health topics, written for the veterinary professional.

Veterinary
Integumentary System

Flies

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Overview of Flies
Dipterans with Biting Mouthparts
Black Flies
Sand Flies
Biting Midges
Mosquitoes
Horse Flies and Deer Flies
Stable Flies

Horn Flies
Buffalo Flies
Tsetse Flies
Sheep Keds
Spider Flies/New Forest Flies
Hippoboscid or Louse Flies
Dipterans with Nonbiting Mouthparts
Face Flies

Head Flies
- Pathology:
- Treatment and Control:
Filth-breeding Flies
Eye Gnats
Dipterans that Produce Myiasis
Facultative Myiasis-producing Flies
Obligatory Myiasis-producing Flies
Pseudomyiasis

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Test your knowledge

A client calls her veterinarian because she has found a tick on her dog and she is not sure how to remove it. Which of the following is the most appropriate instruction for tick removal?

The client should immediately remove the tick by grasping it with tweezers close to the dog’s skin and then pulling it steadily upwards. The client should immediately remove the tick by grasping it with tweezers and twisting it to detach its mouthparts. The client should immediately remove the tick by holding a hot match close to the tick, causing it to back out and safely extract its mouthparts. The client should schedule an appointment to have the ticks safely removed by a trained staff member.

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