Definition Study of insects that cause disease or that are vectors of organisms that cause disease in animals.
What is Acarology? Study of arachnids that cause disease or act as vector of disease
WHAT IS ARTHROPODA IT IS GROUP OF INVERTEBRATE ANIMALS WHICH HAVE JOINTED LEGS
JOINTED LEGS
WHAT IS ENTOMOLOGY ? IT IS STUDY OF INSECTS
Why to study this subject ? Insects produce multiple damages to livestock animals They reduce egg, milk, and meat production They damage hides They transmit dangerous diseases from animal to animal and from animal to humans
BRANCHES OF ENTOMOLOGY
WHAT ARE INSECTS Invertebrate animals with 6 legs are called insects
Characters Insects have following main characters Head Thorax abdomen
Head It bears A pair of antennae Pair of eyes Mouth parts
Antennae They are sensory organs
Eyes 2 types Simple Compound
An other term for Simple Eye What is Ocelli
Simple eyes Eyes with single lens
Compound eyes Cluster of many simple eyes
Compound Eye
Do all insects have eyes No, some insects are blind E.g. Lice
Do All insects have compound eyes? Yes
Mouth parts
Chewing Examples of chewing insects include dragonflies, grasshoppers and beetles
Piercing
Thorax It is second par after head
What is in thorax 3 Segments Proto-thorax Meso -thorax Meta -thorax
Why Study the Insect Thorax? • Structure determines how an insect moves through its habitat. • Wings determine flight capability • Legs determine how it moves and digs on land
Legs Insects and their relatives are hexapods, having six legs, connected to the thorax, each with five components .
Types
Wings
Halters
Abdomen
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Insect Anatomy
Insect Digestive System
Insect Nervous System
Insect Reproductive System
Insect Respiratory System
Insect Reproductive System
Insect Life cycle
Complete VS Incomplete Metamorphosis
Insect Parthenogenesis (Virgin Birth)
Molting
Ecdysis
Instar
MUSCA DOMESTICA DR. A.G. ARIJO
COMMON NAME HOUSE FLY DR. A.G. ARIJO
Classification Scientific name : Musca domestica Lifespan : Male: 28 days (In High Temperature, Low activity, Adult) Order : Fly Rank : Species Phylum : Arthropoda Higher classification : Musca
Feeding Suck the fluids from wound DR. A.G. ARIJO
ADULT FLY 2 wings 4 black stripes on the thorax The adult is 1/4" long. DR. A.G. ARIJO
What is their life cycle? 7-10 days under ideal conditions . DR. A.G. ARIJO
Eggs 2,700 eggs in 30 days 350-900 in 5 or 6 batches. Eggs appear in clusters Hatch in 6 to 24 hours. DR. A.G. ARIJO
Larva is out in 24 hours The pupal stage lasts 3-6 days. The adult female is ready to lay eggs 2 2 days after emergence and continues to lay eggs for about one month. DR. A.G. ARIJO
LIFE SPAN Adult flies live from 30-60 days during warmer months. DR. A.G. ARIJO
LIFE CYCLE EGGS The eggs are white, elongate and about 1/20" long DR. A.G. ARIJO
LARVA Also called maggot. It is creamy white color. Maggots have no legs Carrot shaped. Two breathing holes at the hind end They're about 2/5" long DR. A.G. ARIJO
PUPA The pupa are reddish-brown in color. They are barrel-shaped and about 3/8" long. Pupal cases are sometimes mistaken for cockroach egg capsules. DR. A.G. ARIJO
Where are they found and how do they develop? Homes Restaurants Animal houses Dead animals DR. A.G. ARIJO
Animal and human manure Garbage or decaying meat. They can readily breed in fresh and wet garbage. DR. A.G. ARIJO
They may also breed in wet flour and soybean meal around industrial plants. As many as 868 pupa can develop from 1 ounce of manure. DR. A.G. ARIJO
DISTRIBUTION WORLDWIDE DR. A.G. ARIJO
Do they bite? Adult house flies do not bite. They have sponging mouthparts for feeding. DR. A.G. ARIJO
Do they carry disease? Houseflies are a danger to the health of man and animals principally because it carries and spreads disease organisms. They move from garbage and sewage to our dinner plates. It carries bacteria on the outside of its body, it regurgitates saliva and deposits wastes on human food. DR. A.G. ARIJO
KEY FACTS The average house fly lives on average 21 days. A flies wings beat 200 times per second. Flies don't grow. They are born full size. Flies have 4000 lenses in each eye. Flies jump up and backwards when taking off. Average speed of a fly in flight is 4.5 m.p.h.. Flies smell with their antennae DR. A.G. ARIJO
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COMPLETE METAMORHOSIS DR. A.G. ARIJO
CARRIER OF FUNGAL DISEASE DR. A.G. ARIJO
ROLE AS VECTOR DR. A.G. ARIJO
Mastitis Mastitis DR. A.G. ARIJO
Conjunctivitis or Pink eyes DR. A.G. ARIJO
Anthrax DR. A.G. ARIJO
Raillietina DR. A.G. ARIJO
Skin lesions DR. A.G. ARIJO
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MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY OVERVIEW Definition History Intro to Arthropods and Insects Intro to Vector-Borne Disease Concepts
MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY - the study of diseases caused by arthropods public health entomology - arthropods and human health veterinary entomology - arthropods and pets, livestock and wildlife These fields of study are linked by the ecology of most arthropod transmitted pathogens and parasites.
Arthropods affect the health and well-being of humans and animals in several ways: Direct Causes of Disease or Distress Vectors or Hosts of Pathogenic Organisms Natural Enemies of other medically harmful insects
Direct Causes of Disease or Distress : Ectoparasites - ticks, fleas, mites Endoparasites - chigoe flea, myiasis Envenomization - wasps, bees, spiders Allergic Reactions - dust mites Annoyance - mosquitoes, black flies Delusory parasitosis (DP) - psychosis
Vectors or Hosts of Pathogenic Organisms: Arthropod serves as intermediate host and vector of pathogenic microorganisms Vectors and hosts - bloodfeeding Hosts only - no bloodfeeding
Natural Enemies of other medically harmful insects: Mites parasitic on mosquitoes Fire ants consume tick eggs
History of Medical Entomology : References to associations between humans and arthropods – historical (Homer and Aristotle, among others, wrote about the nuisance caused by flies, mosquitoes, lice and/or bedbugs.) Important discoveries: Microscope - Leeuwenhoek 1700’s Infectious Disease - Koch et al. 1800’s
History of Medical Entomology - 2 : Mosquitoes ( Culex pipiens ) and filarial worms ( Wuchereria bancrofti ) - Manson, 1877 Tick ( Boophilus annulatus ) and Texas cattle fever (piroplasmosis) transmission - Smith & Kilborne, 1891 Mosquito ( Aedes aegypti ) and yellow fever virus - Finlay, Reed, Carroll, Agramonte and Lazear, 1900 Trypanosomes in cattle blood - Bruce, 1895 Tsetse fly ( Glossina sp. ) transmission of trypanosomes - Bruce, 1896 Tsetse fly transmission of trypanosomes to humans (African Sleeping Sickness) - Bruce, 1903
History of Medical Entomology - 3 : Malaria parasites in human blood - Laveran, 1894 Anopheles mosquitoes with malaria parasites - Ross, 1897 Transmission of bird malaria by Culex mosquitoes - Ross, 1898 Complete development of human malaria parasite in mosquitoes - Grassi, 1898 Transmission of human malarial parasite by mosquitoes - Sambon and Low, 1899 Only Anopheles mosquitoes transmit human malarial parasites - Watson and Christophers , 1899
History of Medical Entomology - 4 : Mosquito transmission of dengue virus - Graham, 1902 Fleas and plague - Liston, Verjbitski et al., 1895 - 1910 Triatomine bugs and trypanosomes (Chagas disease) - Chagas, 1908 Black flies and onchocerciasis (river blindness) - Blalock, 1926 Mosquitoes and viral encephalitides - Hammon and Reeves, early 1940’s Ticks and Lyme disease - Spielman, early 1960’s
Arthropods and Insects Characteristics
Phylum Arthropoda : The phylum is probably monophyletic, but with 4 distinct groups. It includes lobsters, crabs, shrimp, centipedes, millipedes, daddy longlegs, insects, ticks, and mites, and spiders. There are over 1 million species of arthropods, making up the largest phylum in the animal kingdom. Taxonomy and Systematics
Phylum Arthropoda - 2 : Metameric - (body exhibits true segmentation - replication of muscles and nerves) Tagmatosis - (segments of the body are modified and grouped together to form mouthparts and body regions such as the thorax) Chitinous exoskeleton – nitrogenous polysaccharide
Phylum Arthropoda - 3 : Bilaterally symmetrical Jointed legs Dorsal heart – open circulatory system CNS (organized central nervous system) Striated muscle
Hypothetical Insect Evolution “Worm-like” ancestor Metamerism (true segmentation) Tagmatosis (segments modified and grouped together to form larger body parts)
Phylum Arthropoda Class Crustacea - lobsters, crabs, etc. Class Chelicerata - spiders, mites, ticks, scorpions, etc. Class Diplopoda - millipedes Class Chilopoda - centipedes Class Insecta - beetles, flies, moths, etc.
Insect Characteristics THREE distinct body regions: Head (feeding, sensory, CNS) Thorax (locomotion, respiration) Abdomen (feeding, reproduction)
Cross Section of Unfed Mosquito Head Thorax Abdomen
Bloodfed Mosquito Thorax Abdomen
Gravid Mosquito Head Thorax Abdomen
Types of Insect Development “A” – (lacking) “Hemi” -(incomplete) “Holo” -(complete)
Other Medically Important Arthropods (non-insects)
Mite external anatomy
Tick internal anatomy
Mouthparts Why are these important?!!!
Apis (honeybee) mouthparts
Housefly mouthparts
Anopheles (mosquito) mouthparts
Concepts in Vector-Borne Disease
Transmission efficiency: Geographic or host distribution of the parasite Incidence of any given parasite and associated host Parasite enhancement of transmission Transmission frequency: Shorter life cycle of parasite = more frequent and more efficient transfer to be successful Both transmission efficiency and frequency related to bloodfeeding frequency and efficiency of the vector. These are important factors in vector capacity .
Incubation periods: extrinsic incubation period (in arthropod vector) intrinsic incubation period (in vertebrate host )
Autogeny vs. Anautogeny Number of blood meals: ovarian scar/blood meal parity status Determines: age of vector blood feeding aggressiveness vector importance
Types of pathogen transmission: mechanical biological
Intrinsic barriers to transmission in the vector - (genetically and environmentally controlled) midgut infection, midgut escape salivary gland infection, salivary gland escape insect immune response, parasite encapsulation
Vector competence vs. vector capacity Capacity can be measured in the field using components of number of vectors per human, number of human bloodmeals per day per vector, daily survival rate, and the extrinsic incubation rate of pathogen; vector efficiency is expressed in terms of low - high capacity Competence can be expressed in the laboratory, but a competent lab vector is not necessarily important in disease transmission in the field.
SUMMARY Overview of Medical Entomology Definition History Intro to Arthropods and Insects Intro to Vector-Borne Disease Concepts