Preventing External Parasites from Bugging your Cattle - CE Quiz

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* 1. Please enter your information

Full Name, Credentials *

Practice Name

Province (NO abbreviations, please) *

Email Address *

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* 2. What is NOT an example of a common ectoparasite found in Canada?

Chewing lice

Blister beetles

Horn flies

Mange mites

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* 3. What is an example of the impact that ectoparasite burdens can have on cattle herds?

Irritation and injury

Stress

Changes in feeding and grazing behaviour

All of the above

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* 4. What is an example of a vector-borne disease?

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)

Johne's disease

Bovine Anaplasmosis

All of the above

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* 5. True or False: The goal of ectoparasite control is to eliminate the pests

True

False

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* 6. What are the three factors of integrated pest management (IPM)?

Chemical/biological/cultural

Chemical/social/environmental

Environmental/historical/chemical

Social/historical/chemical

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* 7. In the correct order, what are the four steps of IPM?

Assess/evaluate/implement/correct

Evaluate/implement/correct/change

Calculate/implement/correct/asses

Assess/evaluate/implement/monitor

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* 8. How many different species of lice are commonly found in Canada?

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* 9. What is important to consider when using chemical means to control external parasites?

Timing

Mode

Class

All of the above

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* 10. Horn flies are what type of parasite?

Blood feeding

Dung inhabiting

Field ectoparasite

Endoparasite

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* 11. As of 2020, what species of tick is NOT commonly found in Canada?

American Dog Tick

Rocky Mountain Wood Tick

Lonestar Tick

Winter (Moose) Tick