PATHOLOGY

PATHOLOGY MCQ

PARASITIC DISEASES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following are also known as cattle grubs?
A
lice
B
mites
C
ticks
D
heel flies
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Adult cattle grubs are commonly known as heel flies, warble flies, bomb flies, or gad flies.

Detailed explanation-2: -warble fly, (family Oestridae), also called cattle grub, bot fly, or heel fly, any member of a family of insects in the fly order, Diptera, sometimes classified in the family Hypodermatidae.

Detailed explanation-3: -Warble fly is a name given to the genus Hypoderma, large flies which are parasitic on cattle and deer.

Detailed explanation-4: -Cattle grubs are the immature or larval stages of heel, warble flies or gad flies. Two species of cattle grubs affect cattle: Hypoderma lineatum, the common cattle grub and Hypoderma bovis, the northern cattle grub.

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