Answer to Question 10


Question 10.
A. The dish under the microscope at Station #10 contains a skin biopsy in saline. The biopsy was taken from the ventral midline of a horse with itching dermatitis in this area. Identify the parasite (give Genus only). (6 pts.)



Onchocerca


B. How is this parasite transmitted? (3 pts.)



By biting flies (3pts.), such as the black fly seen above (Simulium spp.)
 

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