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What is Spirocerca lupi?
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Esophageal worm 24% of dogs on st kitts
Host: Dogs Intermediate: Dung Beetle Paratinic: Lizard/chicken eggs are 30-35 um adults 8cm and pink Migrate L3 from stomach to thoracic aorta, 3 mos later to esophagus diagnosed with fecal causes problems swallowing treatment with Macrocyclic Lactone |
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What is Physaloptera spp?
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Round worm affecting stomach (18% of cats in st kitts)
Host: Dogs and Cats Intermediate: Dung Beetle Paratinic: Snakes and birds eggs are 45 um (thick oval) adults 4-6 cm forcep-like teeth Infective stages is L2 in egg diagnosed with fecal causes problems ulcers, vomiting treatment with ivermectin |
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What is Toxocara canis?
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Common round worm
Host: Dogs Infects small intestine Direct life cycle L2 infective Peros/transplacental/transmammary/paratenic hosts Eggs are dark brown 85 X 75 Adults are 10cm and white Signs pot belly, pneumonia due to aspiration Diagnosis fecal float Treatment antihelminths |
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What is Toxocara cati?
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Round worm in sm intestine
Same as Toxicara canis except found in cats has the same direct life cycle minus transplacental with L2 being infectious Use antihelminthes eggs are colorless |
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What is Toxascaris leonina?
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Round worm in sm intestine
Found in with existing infections of T canis/ T cati. Only infected per os or paratenic with the L2 Usually not pathogenic Use antihelminths |
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What is Ancylostoma caninum?
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Hookworm of sm intestine
Host: Dogs and foxes Paratenic host: rodents Direct: life cycle L3 eggs 60 X 40 um thin oval adults 1-2 cm 5 modes of infection, per os/cutaneous/paratenic/transplacental/transmammary causes anemia, diarrhea, weight loss, poor appetite Diagnosis fecal Treatment antihelminths |
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What is Ancylostoma tubaeforme
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Hookworm of sm intestine (88% of cats in st kitts)
Host: cats similar to A caninum except life cycle per os and per cutaneous only Treatment and diagnosis are the same as A caninum |
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What is Ancylostoma braziliense?
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Hook worm of sm intestine
Host: Dogs cats and zoonosis Direct life cycle per os (paratenic) and per cutaneous Pathogenesis not a blood sucker zoonosis cutaneous larval migrans (itching form larvae) Everything else presents like A caninum and A tubaeforme |
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What is Uncinaria stenocephala?
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Hook worm of sm intestine
Life cycle just like A caninum except just per os and per cutaneous (rare) Signs dermititis, anemia, diarrhea Diagnosis fecal Treatment antihelminths |
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What is Strongyloides stercoralis?
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Thread worm of sm intestine
Host: dog cat foxes zoonosis Life cycle: direct (L3) homo/heterogonic (parasitic/freeliving) just female/both male and female Adults 1cm and threadlike eggs 30 X 40 um per os/ per cutaneous signs: redness, decreased wt, diarrhea Diagnosis: fecal with baermann technique Treatment: Regular antihelminths |
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What is Trichuris spp?
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Whipworm of large intestine
Host: dog and cat (L1 in egg) Adults: 4-6 cm lg posterior Eggs brown/yellow, lemon shape with plugs on their poles (live 2-3 years) L1 in egg is picked up by dog where it hatches and lives in cecum and colon, adults mate and females lays eggs Diagnosis: fecal Signs: bloody watery diarrhea Treatment: Macrocides but eggs can live a long time, treatment has no effect on them |
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What is Capillaria spp?
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Bladderworm, sm intestine and airway
Host: Dog, cat, zoonosis Direct and indirect (L1 in egg) Pathogenesis: nonpathogenic Signs: Asymptomatic Diagnosis: eggs in feces,urine bronchial swap Treatment: ivermectin |
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What is Dioctophyme renale?
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Giant Kidney worm
Host: dogs foxes and minks Intermediate host: earthworm Paratenic host: fish or frogs Adults 60-100cm eggs 70 um Pathogenesis: destroys paraenchema of rt kidney Signs dysuria Diagnosis eggs in urine Treatment: rarely called for prevent eating raw fish |
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What is Oslerus osleri
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Trachea worm
Host: Wild and Domestic Dog Adults Hairlike/gray/.5-1cm L1 in feces/sputum L1 in lungs-> coughed up and swallowed Signs: asymptotic Diagnosis L1 in feces (kinked tail) bronchoscope Treatment: low prevalance use fenbendazole |
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What is Aelurostrongylus abstrusus?
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Cat Lung worm
Host: Cats Intermediate host: slugs/snails Paratenic: birds/rodents/frogs Adults 1 cm slender L1 in feces s shaped tail L3 infective Pathogenesis: low foci on lungs Signs: mild cough Diagnosis: fecal with baermann technique Treatment: ivermectin |
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What is Dirofilaria immitis?
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Heartworm
Host: cat and dog Intermediate Host: Mosquito (L3) Adults 20-30cm Pathogenesis: dysfunction of heart and lungs Signs: cough edema, trouble breathing Diagnosis: snap test, Rads, necropsy, ultrasound Treatment: prevention is key MCL for L3 immiticide for adults |
