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Ked vs Hippoboscid - What's the difference?

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Ked is a synonym of hippoboscid.


As an initialism ked

is (emergency medicine) kendrick extrication device.

As a noun hippoboscid is

any of the species in the hippoboscidae family of parasitic flies; sometimes used attributively .

ked

English

(Melophagus ovinus) (Hippoboscidae)

Alternative forms

* kade (specifically Melophagus ovinus)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of the family Hippoboscidae of obligate parasites, especially the (sheep ked), Melophagus ovinus .
  • * 1839 , Rev. Dr Singer, Flies and other insects hurtful to live stock, &c.'', ''Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland , page 132,
    • Pouring with tobacco liquor is fatal to these insects, and also to the ked , Hippobosca ovina'', and to the tick, ''Acarus reduvius , if it fairly reach them.
  • * 2006 , Philip R. Scott, Sheep Medicine , page 263,
    • The common differential diagnoses include cutaneous myiasis, sheep scab and lice; however, keds' are readily visible to the naked eye.Adult ' keds are 4-6 mm long, dark red and readily visible on the neck and forelimbs.
  • * 2007 , Carrie Gleason, The Biography of Wool , page 12,
    • They watch the sheep for signs of insects or pests, such as sheep keds and sheep lice, that can irritate the sheep causing them to scratch their fleece against fences or troughs and damage or tear the wool.

    Synonyms

    * (parasite of family Hippoboscidae) (louse fly) * (Melophagus ovinus) (sheep tick)

    Derived terms

    * deer ked * ked itch * sheep ked

    Anagrams

    * ----

    hippoboscid

    English

    (Hippoboscidae) (Hippoboscidae)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of the species in the Hippoboscidae family of parasitic flies; sometimes used attributively .
  • * 2005 , M. J. Lehane, The Biology of Blood-Sucking in Insects , page 252,
    • Various species of hippoboscid' will attack humans, and the bite of the pigeon fly, ''Pseudolynchia canariensis'', is said to be painful. Apart from the sheep ked, ' hippoboscids are of little importance to humans.
  • * 2009 , Gary R. Mullen, Lance A. Durden (editors), Medical and Veterinary Entomology , unnumbered page,
    • Several hippoboscid flies have been identified as vectors of Haemoproteus species,haemosporidian blood parasites that cause bird malarias.
  • * 2007 , Markus J. Peterson, Diseases and Parasites of Texas Quails , page 93,
    • Howard (1981:52– 73) found 22.5 percent of 240 scaled quail collected in Pecos County infested with the hippoboscid fly Pseudolynchia canariensis (see table 6.4 for the prevalence of parasitic arthropods, nematodes, and cestodes found on scaled quail in Pecos County).

    Synonyms

    * (parasitic fly of family Hippoboscidae) ked , louse fly