Parasitology Notes

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What is spirocerca lupi and what speces do they effect?

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Esophageal worm of dog and cats, are recovered feces or vomit.

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what is special about spirocerca lupi eggs

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forms granulomas, where eggs are released through fistual openings.

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what is ollulanus tricuspis

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feline trichostrongyle

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what is toxocara canis

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(large) dog roundworm

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Toxacara cati

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round worm of cats

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define ancylostoma

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Hookworm that is ovid conains 4-16 cells in each egg,

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what is responsible for cutaneous larval migrans

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ancylostoma

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describe toxascaris leanina

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this is the large roundworm of mostly cats the eggs have more space in the center than reg toxocara species

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what is the northern k9 hookworm

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uncinaria stenocephala

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strongyloides stercoralis

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canine intestinal threadworm, contains pathogenic female, only the females are parasidic to host.

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tricuris vulpis

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canine whip worm, eggs looks like football with 2 polar plugs at each end

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tricuris campanula * tricuris Serrata

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feline whipworms that reside in cecum and colon, described as tricheroid or trichenelloid, umembryonated eggs are laid

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dipylidium caninium

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tape worm of canines indtermediate host is fleas or anthropods

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echinococcus spp.

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associated with occular diseases, zoonotic potential, is a tapeworm

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alaria spp

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fluke found in nothern half of america

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Isospera spp

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coccidians of dogs and cats, important for puppies and kittens to be checked for these worms

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toxoplasma gondii

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intestinal coccidian of cats, zoonotic potential, responsible for birth defects in humans

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cyrptosporidium

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Effects many animals, the oocysts are small and oval shaped

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giardia

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flagellated protozoan , adults trophozoite babies cysts

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babesia canis

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"pear" shaped parasite found ini the rbc's

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Hepatozoons

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malaria like parasite also found in Rbc's

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Aulostronglus Abstrusus

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Feline Lungworm has a dorsal spine with an "S" shaped tail. causes respiratory disease characterized by a chronic cough and emenciation.

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Filaroides

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Canine lung worms

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Eucoleous aerophilus-

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aka capillaria aerophila, nematode that is found in bronchii, looks like a whip worm, causes chronic tracheitis and bronchitis.

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paragonimus kellicotti

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lung fluke of dogs and eggs are operculated.

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decotophyma renale

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giant kidney worms of dogs

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spirometra-

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zipper tapes or parganosis, found in small intestines of dogs and cats (in Flordia and Golf coast of N. America) has a spiral centered uterus, and an associated pore (uterine) where eggs are released.

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Spirometra eggs

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appears to unzip as eggs are released, eggs have an asymmetreic appearance and when ruptured have a distinc opperculum

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Capillaria plica and C. feliscati (personema)

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nematodes of the urinary bladder in cats, eggs have flattened bi-polar (plugs) ends with a rough outer surface

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Bovine trichostrongyles

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most common rumen endoparasite

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monezia spp

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cestode eggs are cube or pyramid shaped

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fasciola hepatica

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liver fluke of rumenents

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eimeria spp

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coccidian of cattle

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taenia saginata

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tapeworm of rumenents , zoonotic potential, is found in undercooked meat

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dictyocaulus viviparous &D. Filaria

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hair lungworms of sheep and goats, adults found in bronchioles, mostly in nodules in the lung parenchyma. Eggs develope in lungs of definative hosts, releasing 1st stage larvae, which are then coughed up and re-swallowed again, until passed thruogh feces.

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Marshallagia

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LARGEST BOVINE TRICHOSTRONGYLE, eggs have paralell sides with rounded ends, contains 16-32 cells

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strongyloides papillosus

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intestinal thread of rumen only female pathogenic

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thrichuris ovis -

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whip worm of rumen infects cecum and colon, eggs described as trichinoid or trichinelloid

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Gasterophilus

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Horse bot fly that lays eggs on fur coat of horses where larvae burrow into horse

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Draschua megastoma & habronema

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Known to cause "summer Sores" in horses, it's a nematode.

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strongyles

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most common equine endoparasite

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parascaris equi

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horse round worm (large) found in small intestine, and causes anal pruitis .

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strongyloides weteri & S. Ransomi

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intestinal thread worm of equine

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oxyuris equi

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pin worm of horses

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anaplocephala

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tape worm of horses

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ascaris Suum

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swine (large) round worm

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Trichinella Spiralis

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Can cause trichanosis in undercooked meat (swine)

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Oesphagostomum Dentatum

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nodular worm of swine defined as trichstrongyle tye eggs are thin and smooth surrounding contents, contains devided 8-16 cells

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Tricuris Suis

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swine whip worm

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baylisascasis procyonis

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round worm of raccons, zoonotic potentian causes CNS and eye problems.