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Ruminant Esophageal parasites
Gongylonema pulchrum (Spiroidea)
Ruminant Ruminoreticulum parasites
Paramphistomum (T)
Cotylophoron (T)
Ciliates (P ciliophora)
Ruminant Abomasum parasites
Haemonchus (Tricho)
Ostertagia (Tricho)
Teladorsaiga (Tricho)
Trichostrongylus axei (Tricho)
Camelostrongylus (Tricho)
Cryptosporitium muris (Apic)
Ruminant SI parasites
Trichostrongylus (Tricho)
Cooperia (Tricho)
Nematodirus (Tricho)
Bunostomum (Tricho)
Strongyloides papillosus (Rab)
Toxocara vitulorum (Ascar)
Moniezia (C)
Giardia duodenalis (Sarco)
Cryptosporidium (Api)
Eimeria (Api)
Ruminant LI parasites
Oesophagostomum (Strong)
Chabertia ovina (Strong)
Trichuris (Trichuroid)
Trichomonas (Sarco)
Ciliate (Cilophora)
Eimeria (Api)
Ruminant Liver parasites
Fasciola gigantica
Fasciola hepatica
Facioloides magna
Dicrocoelium dendriticu
Thysanosoma actinoides
Ruminant Abdominal cavity
Setaria
Taenia hydatigena
Echinococcus granulosus
Ruminant Respiratory parasites
Dicyocaulus (Trichostrong)
Protostrongylus (Metastrong)
Mullerius capillaris (Meta)
Oestrus ovis
Cephanemyia
Ruminant Cardiovascular parasites
Trypanosoma (Sarco)
Babesia (Api)
Theileria (Api)
Ruminant Nervous system parasites
Telazia - Spiroidea
Parelaphostrongylus tenuis (Meta)
Taenia multiceps (C)
Ruminant Musculoskeletal parasites
Taenia saginata
Taenia ovis
Sarcocystis spp (Api)
Ruminant Reproductive parasites
Tritrichomonas foetus (Sarco)
Toxoplasma gondii (Api)
Sarcocystis spp (Api)
Neospora caninum (Api)
Ruminant Integument parasites
Elaophora schneideri
Stephanofilaria stilesi
Onchocerca
Dermatobia hominis
Hypoderma
Gongylonema pulchrum
Spiruroidea
Esophageal worm, Stitch worm, Gullet worm
Gonglyonema pulchrum life cycle
Indirect
DH: swine/ruminants
IH: dung beetles and cockroaches
G. pulchrum eggs
larvated/embryonated eggs
sedimentation
Eggs eaten by dung beetles
Rumen flukes hosts
DH: ruminants
IH: amphibious or aquatic snails
Rumen adults are found in
rumen and reticulum
Rumen fluke spp
Paramphisotumum
Cotylophoron
Rumen fluke eggs
operculate on one end, clear or slightly yellowish
Rumen fluke life cycle
egg hatches in water, miracidium escapes, infects snail, cercaria exit snail, become metacercaria on veg, eaten by ruminant
Rumen flukes infect ruminants
by excysting in duodenum and attach to wall. Migrate to rumenoreticulum
Rumen fluke pathogenesis
immature flukes can cause severe, fatal, enterititis in sheep and cattle
Rumen flukes Diagnosis
operculate eggs,
Ruminant ciliates
obligate anaerobes
absorb carbs
form 20% of volitile FA
Newborn ruminants have what ciliates
none
Parasitic gastroenteritis spp in abomasum
Heamonchus
Ostertagia
Trichostrongylus axei
Parasitic gastroenteritis spp in SI
Trichostrongylus spp
Cooperia spp
Nematodirus spp
Parasitic gastroenteritis spp
Oesophagostomum
Teladrosaggia
Only parasitic gastroenteritis spp with different egg
Nematodirus - large football shaped egg
Trichostrongyle eggs are passed as _____ eggs and ______ in environment
segmented
larvated
How much rain is required for Trichostrongyle egg to leave fecal pat?
2 inches per month
Haemonchus is a
warm season parasite
Ostertagia is a
cool seaon parasite in Texas, but summer parasite in Michigan
Parasitic gastroenteritis disease complex characteristics
Not due to one spp
primary loss is decreased production
Gastric parasitism of PGDC
Anorexia
Hypertrophy of mucosa
Decreased HCl
Loss of plasma
Blood loss
Intestinal parasitism of PGDC
Lowered absorption and transport
Loss of H2O and electrolytes
Increased peristalsis
Physiological effects of PGDC
malabsorption
immature epithelial cells lack enxymes
Frothy diarrhea - fermentation of CHO
Electrolytes enter the gut
Self cure of PGDC is carried out via
large Haemonchus larval infection
removes all species of worms
General considerations of PGDC
Antihelmintics interferes with host immune respons
Periparturient relaxation of Resistance
Spring rise or autum rise
occurs at parturition and lactation
egg production increases
arrested larvae are no longer inhibited
Immunological exhaustion
animals exposed to prolonged contiuous antigenic stimulation become unresponsive, returns after worm burden removed
Genetics of Resistance
Some breed and individuals have increased resistance
Cool season parasites
Ostertagia, Cooperia onchophora, Trichostrongylus acei., T. colubriformis, Dictyocaulus
Warm Season parasites
Haemonchus, Cooperia punctata, C. pectinata
Raking grazing
Sheep will bed in highest area at night and graze in lowest during day
Hefting
Heavily grazed areas are parks, long grass inbetween is roughs
overcrowding
large number of animals allow for grazing with high fecal contamination
overgrazing
eat lower to ground, less selection, larva closer to ground
Nutrition
more worms on low nutritional plan
High protein reduces PPRR
Parasitic Gastroenteritis in Texas: Dairy or beef calves, replacements or stockers
Ostertagia
Cooperia
Haemonchus
PGE in adult cows
Ostertagia
PGE in sheep in Texas
Haemonchus
PGE goats all ages
Haemonchus
Trichostrongylus
PGE deer
Ostertagids
Haemonchus
PGE cameloids
Haemonchus
Camelostrongylus
Ruminant Abomasum genera
Haemonchus
Ostertagia
Trichostrongylus
Haemonchus SF
Trichostrongyloidea
Haemonchus spp
Placei in cattle only
Contortus can go to young calves
Haemonchus is the
largest of abomasal worms
Haemonchus characteristics
Bright red worm
Male bursa
dorsal ray is asymmetrically placed
spicules crochet hooked end
females vulva flab
the most important pathogen of small ruminatns in temperate and tropical regions, such as Texas
Haemonchus placei
Haemonchus contortus infects what spp
Sheep goats, cameloids, deer, exotic ruminants, including gazell, oryx and giraffe
H. contortus is a
voracious blood sucker
H. contortus life cycle
Direct
L1 passed
L3 infective, exsheath in rumen, enter abomasum
L4 suck blood
H. contortus hypobiotic larvae emerge
Periparturient period, early summer and autumn
Most important helminth pathogen of cattle in temperate zone of the world
Ostertagia ostertagi
Ostertagia ostertagi life cycle
direct
thin shelled segmented eggs
L3 infective stage, exsheath
pass into gastric glands of abomasum
Ostertagiosis is caused by
abomasal damage from maturing worms emerging from abomasal glands
Type 1 Ostertagiosis
summer/autumn in north
autumn/winter in south
caused by emergence of worms from gastric gland
Type 2 Ostertagiosis
Winter/spring North
autumn South
simultaneous emergence of previously arrested larvae
Stimulus that triggers Type 2 Ostertagioisis
Anthelminitic treatment
Change in diet
Change in weather conditions
Ostertagia pathology
extent of damage depends on worm load
gastic gland mucosa replaced by cells resulting in lowered production of HCL and Pepsinogen pH 2 to 4
Bacterial proliferation
Clinical manifestation of Type I Ostertagia
overstocking
Failure to gain weight, anorexia
Diarrhea
Dehydration
Clinical manifestation of pre Type 2 Ostertagia
increase in numbers of larva
no changes in activity of abomasum
Clinical manifestation of Type 2 Ostertagia
Severe emaciation
Brown to green diarrhea
Edema
Teladorsagia circumcincta is important in
sheep and ogast in cool moist climates
Rare in Texas, maybe in winter
Instead of Teladorsagia circumcincta Texas usually gets
Trichostrongylus colubriformis or Haemonchus contortus
White tailed deer get what spp of ostertagia in Texas
ostertagia and Mazamastrongylus
Exotic deer ostertagia in Texas
Spiculopteragia spp
Llamas, camels, antelope Ostertagia in Texas
Camelostrongylus mentulatus
Exotic antelop ostertagia in Texas
Longistrongylus curvispiculum
Sheep ostertagia in Texas
Marshallagia
Trichostrongylus axei
Hair worm
ruminants, horses and swine
Trichostrongylus axei unique characteristic
Excretory notch
Trichostrongylus axei accompanies
Ostratagia
Trichostrongylus male characteristics
Male spicules not equal
Trichostrongylus axei is rarely a _______ but contributes to _______
primary pathogen
PGD
T. axei can cause
edema
weight loss
inappetance
Small intestine ruminant parasites
Trichostrongylus
Cooperia
Nematodirus
Trichostrongylus colubriformis characteristics
Black scour worm, bankrupt worm
anterior excretory notch
In Texas what is the most important species of Trichostrongylus in goats
T. colubriformis
Goats infected with T. colubriformis need
twice as much feed
T. colubriformis interferes with
absorption of Ca, PO4 and Vit A
Treatment of _____ may control _____
Haemonchus
Trichostrongyloidea
Cooperia spp characteristics
Trichostrongyloidea
Cephalic vesicle with transverse cuticular striations
Most prevalent nematode in young Texas cattle
Cooperia
Compared to Ostertagia, Cooperia
is mild
Warm season Cooperia spp of cattle
Cooperia pectinata
Cooperia punctata
with Haemonchus
Cool season Cooperia spp of cattle
Cooperia onchophora
Sheep Cooperia
Cooperia curtecei
Nematodirus characteristics
Trichostrongyloidea
Twisted wire worm
mostly llamas
Nematodirus spp in US
N. battus in Oregon
Nematodirus eggs are
HUGE
diagnostic
doesn't hatch until L3 matures in egg
Measure of parasitism in ruminant hosts
Egg count
Postmortem
Egg counts can vary based on
seasonal variance
Grazing density
age group involved
worm burden
parasite species involved
host species
Egg count tests
McMaster's - egg per gram
Wisonsin double centrifugal sugar floatation
Blood and serum constituents
SI parasite management practices
deworm ewes at or before labing
deworm just sick individuals during grazing seaon
after worming move to clean pastures
Rotate class of dewormer
Deworm young/stressed animals
Small intestine ruminant parasites
Bunostomum
Strongyloides
Toxocara
Moniezia
Giardia
Cyrptosporidium
Bunostomum spp
Strongyloidea
Hookworm
B. phlebotomum - cattle
B. trigonocephalum - sheep
Bunostomum anterior
hooked
cutting plates on ventral margin
Bunstomum eggs
more elliptical than oval
segmented when passed
readily float
Bunostomum life cycle
direct
Larva to L3 infective stage
Bunostomum infection via
skin penetration
ingestion
Bunostomum produces
dark tarry stool
Bunostomum pathogenesis
severe anemia
Black tarry feces
rapid onset of disease
Strongyloides papillosus
Rhabitoidea
hairworm
only females parasitic
filariform esophagus
3 anterior papilla
Strongyloides papillosus eggs are
larvated
S. papillosus can be transmitted via
transmammary,
skin penetration
oral routes
L3
S. papillosus migration for transmammary
Aortic migration to tissue until lactation
S. papillosus was very prolific in
barns that raised calves on saw dust
Strongyloides papillosis TX
Fenbendazole
Ivermectin
Toxocara vitulorum
Ascaroidea
3 prominent lips
T. vitulorum eggs are
single celled
T. vitulorum infective stage
L2
T. vitulorum pathogenesis
diarrhea
emaciation
obstruction
death
T. vitulorum TX
Piperazine
spontaneous cure 3 - 5 months of age
Moniezia spp
Anoplocephalidae
M. expansa - sheep goats
M. benedeni
Moneizia adults may be how long?
2 meters
Moniezia life cycle
indirect
IH oribatid mites
Cysticeroid in mite
mites in pasture
DH eats mite
Moniezia ppp
6 weeks
Diagnosis of Moniezia spp
eggs on floatation
triangular/quadrangularwith thick edges containing hexacanth embryo
Moniezia Pathogenicity
common in young
no disease proven
but Clostridium Perfringens enterotoxemia occurs with co infection
Moniezia TX
None
Giardia intestinalis
Sarcomastigophora
Giardia instestinalis concern
Zoonotic potential
Cryptosporidium parvum infects
very young animals
Cryptosporidium parvum hosts
dairy calves
lambs, kids, and humans
ZOONOTIC potential
Cryptosporidium parvum is a
tiny coccidia
Cryptosporidium parvum life cycle
direct
sporozoites attach to microvillus
infective stage of Cryptosporidium is
sporulated oocysts
Cryptosporidium disease
microvilli are mechanically disrupted
malabsorption
self limiting
Cryptosporidium DX
flotation
small oocysts - smaller than RBC
Cryptosporidium TX
None
good nursing
drugs not approved in food animals
Cryptosporidium andersoni
Cattle
Older cattle than C. parvum
associated wtih unthrifty feedlot animals
large intestine ruminant parasites
Oesophagostomum
Chabertia
Trichuris
Trichomonas
Ciliates
Eimeria
Oesophagostomum spp
O. radiatum - cattle
O. columbianum - sheep/goats
O. venulosum - sheep/goats
Oesophagostomum characteristics
anterior end bent in spiral
buccal cavity/leaf crowns
anterior vesicles
Oesophagostomum life cycle
direct
segmented eggs passed
L3 infective stage
Oesophagostomum SF
Strongyloidea
Oesophagostomum infection via
skin penetration
ingestion
Oesophagostomum pathogenesis
loss of intestine at slaughter due to nodules
Oesophagostomum TX
Broad spectrum anthelminitics
Chabertia ovina
Strongyloidea
large mouthed bowel worm
Rudimentary leaf crown
Chabertia ovina eggs
segmented
float
Chabertia ovina pathogenesis
adults plug feeders enteritis
larvae suck blood
diarrhea with mucus and blood
Trichuris ruminant spp
Whipworm
Trichuris ovis - cecum
Trichuris discolor
Tricuris globulosa -
Trichuris life cycle
direct
ingestion of L1 egg
unsegmented egg passed in feces
Trichuris pathogenesis
none in cattle, sheep and goats
Trichomonas spp in ruminants
Pentatrichomonsa hominis
Cattle
flagellate
Pentatrichomonas hominis life cycle
trophozoite has progressive type motility
Nonpathogenic organism
Rumen ciliates
Buxtonella resembles Balantidium
no disease
Eimeria in cattle
Eimeria zuernii
Eimeria bovis
Eimeria alabamensis
Eimeria auburnensis
Eimeria ellipsoidalis
Eimeria in small ruminants
Eimeria ahsata
Eimeria intricate
Eimeria ovinoidalis
Eimeria parva
Eimeria gilruthi
Eimeria ninakohlykimovae
Eimeria arlongi
Eimeria macusaniensis
Eimeria form in feces
unsporulated oocysts - non-infective
Eimeria is usually in
young animals
crowded conditions
Stress factors contributing to disease
After weaning
During or following cold or wet weather
Following changes in feed
Grouping animals from different sources
Eimeria life cycle
infection by ingestion of sporulated oocyts
Eimeria clinical signs
diarrhea/dysentery with or without blood
Eimeria diagnosis
oocysts in feces
Emieria form in intestinal scraping
Merozoites
Eimeria zuernii infects
Cow, water buffalo
Eimeria zuernii is the
smallest of coccidia
Most important Eimeria spp in bovine feed lot
Emieria zuernii
Winter coccidiosus in other parts of country
Eimeria zuernii
Eimeria zuernii pathogenesis
brain swelling, electrolyte imbalance
dystentery
Tenesmu
Weakness anemia
Eimeria bovis
common in cattle
small intestine, cecum, colon
Giant meronts
dysentery
Eimeria alabamensis
Cattle - non pathogenic
intranuclear
Eimeria auburnensis
Common species in cattle
mid and lower intestine
moderate pathogen
Eimeria ellipsoidalis
oocysts vary in size
non-pathogenic
Eimeria ahsata
Sheep small intestine
pathogenice species causes diarrhea
chronic weight loss
Eimeria intracate
Sheep
lower small intestine to rectum
soft mucoid feces
Eimeria ovinoidalis
Small intestine of sheep
Pathogenic, diarrhea - fly strike
dysentery
Eimeria parva
Sheep - non pathogenic
Eimeria gilruthi
Sheep/goat
abomasum
Large meronts
non pathogenic
Eimeria ninakohlyakimovae
Goat
pathogenic
diarrhea
Eimeria arlongi
Goat
enteritis
Feedlot problem
Associated wtih shearing/weaning of Angora goats
Eimeria macusaniensis
auchenidae, cameloids, llama, alpacas
most pathogenic of cameloids coccida
hypoproteinemia without anemia
Cattle pathogenic Eimeria
Eimeria zuernii
Eimeria bovis
Eimeria auburnensis
Cattle non-pathogenic Eimeria
Eimeria alabamensis
Eimeria ellipsoidalis
Small ruminant pathogenic Eimeria
Eimeria ahsata
Eimeria intricate
Eimeriaovinoidalis
Eimeria ninakohlyakimoviae
Eimeria arlongi
Eimeria small ruminant non-pathogenic
Eimeria parva
Eimeria gilruthi
Fasciola Hepatica eggs
Large, golden operculate eggs that don't float
Fasciola Hepatica season
late autumn through winter.
Fasciola hepatica IH
amphibious snails
Snalis aestivate in summer
F. hepatica miracidium requires
water and light to hatch
In the snail, F. hepatic larva grows from
miracidium to sporocyst, to redia, to cercaria
F. hepatica pathology
Acute Fascioliosis
Black Disease
Red Water
Chronic Fascioliosis
Acute Fascioliosis
F. hepatica
Most often seen in sheep/llamas
Hemorrhagic tracts with cellular damage
Black Disease
F. hepatica
Associated with C. novyi
summer/autumn
Sudden deaths
Red Water
Bacillary hemoglobinuria
C. haemolyticum - proliferates to disease with liver damage
Chronic Fascioliosis
Biliary fibrosis
anemia, jaundice, bottle jaw, ill thrift, diarreha
F. hepatica antihelmintic use at
> 12 weeks after infection , before 12 weeks, no effect. But damage already done
Fasciola magna
Giant Deer Fluke
DH: Cervidae
IH:amphibious snails (lymnaeidae)
Pathoneumonic lesion of F. magna
Black pigmented liver
Cattle and Moose F. magna infection
Thick encapsulations lacking connecting channels to bile ducts
Non-patent infection
Sheep, goat, Llama F. magna infection
Wanders in liver, severe tissue damage
Non-patent infection
F. magna pathogenesis
Deer: biliary cirrhosis
Sheep, Goat, Llama - tissue damage - 1 or 2 can kill
Cattle - large cavities
F. magna DX
Post mortem on sheep goat, llama, and cattle
Black pigment in liver and other tissues
recovery of eggs from deer
Dicrocoelium dendriticum
small semitransparentfluke with lancet like body
DH: sheep, cattle, goats
IH: 2 - land snail Cionella
and ant Formica
Dicrocoelium dendriticum life cycle
Indirect
Miracidium passed in feces, ingested by Cionella, ejected in pulmonary exudate, ingested by Formica, cercaria to brain of Formica, horse eats Formica
Dicrocoelium dendriticum PPP
10 weeks
Control of Dicrocoelium dendriticum
Chickens 80/acre biological control of snails
Thysanosoma common name
Fringed Tapeworm
Thysanosoma Life Cycle
DH: sheep and other ruminants except cattle
IH: psoicids (book lice)-cistercercoid,
Sheep ingest infected IH while grazing
Thysanosoma characteristics
Adult tapeworm in duodenum near bile ducts
Row of long papillae on posterior border of each segment
Reproductive organs are double
Thysanosoma eggs are
thick walled angular with no pyriform apparatus
Thysanosoma different from Moniezia because
Moniezia has a pyriform apparatus
Setaria labiatopapillosa characteristics
Abdominal cavity
Males corkscrew tail
Female tail ends in button
Microfilaria in blood
Setaria labiatopapillosa life cycle
DH ruminants
IH mosquitoes
Develop to L3 in mosquito
Setaria labiatopapillos pathogenicity
In the US - aberrant eye infections
inguinal canal infections decreases bull fertility
Taenia Hydatigena larvae are called
Cysticercus tenuicollis
Long necked bladderworm
Taneia hydatigena Life cycle
Adult tapeworm in small intestine of canids
IH: sheep, cattle pig, goat eat eggs
Onchospheres hatch and go wander in the liver for a month, break through liver capsule, attach to peritoneum, omentum, mesentery, DH eats cysticercus
Taneia hydatigena pathogenesis
Liver damage
hemorrhatic tracts
hepatosis cysticercosis
Black disease
Bladderworm in peritoneal cavity causes no harm
Echinococcus granulosus Life cycle
Hydatid Disease
DH: canids only - eats raw offal
IH : ruminants, swine, macropods, equids, and humans
Echinococcus granulosus characteristics
Adult only in SI of canids with only 3 or 4 segments
Scolex w/4 suckers and armed rostellum
Single lateral pore
a
Echinococcus granulosus hydatid cyst
Stage in intermediate host
thick walled opaque cyst with germinal membrane
Brood capsules, and daughter cysts develop from germinal membrane
Contain numerous scolicies
Echinococcus granulosus zoonotic potential
serious illness in man - eats eggs not cyst
Ruminant Respiratory system parasites
Dictyocaulus
Protostrongylus
Muellerius
Mammomonogamus
Oestrus
Cephenemyia
Dicytocaulus viviparous
Trichostrongyloidea
lungworm
Dictyocaulus viviparus characteristics
females have vulva mid body and produce larvated eggs
Males bursate with knobby rays and short stout spicules
Dictyocaulus viviparus life cycle
Direct
Females ovo-viviparous
L1 in feces
Larvated eggs are passes
Dictyocaulus viviparus is spread by
mushroom sporangiophores spread,
Dictyocaulus viviparus pathogenesis
Little damage associated with penetration of gut
secondary bacterial neumonia, edema emphysema
Dictyocaulus viviparus acute disease
verminous pneumonia
Dictyocaulus viviparus chronic
Cough, slow recovery
deep Hose sounding cough
Dictyocaulus viviparus DX
rectal sample for Baermann collection of L1 larvae
Dictyocaulus filaria
Small ruminant version
PPP longer 26 - 28 days
Protostrongylus rufescens
Metastrongiloidea
Lungworm
Protostrongylus refescens embed in
lung parenchyma, small bronchioles, alveoli
Protostrongylus rufescens characteristics
L2 with kinked tail passed in feces
female has vulva near tail, larvated eggs produced
Protostrongylus rufescens life cycle
DH: sheep and goat
IH land snails and slugs
Protostrongylus rufescens is usually
non-pathogenic but Bighorn sheep susceptible to infection hwere sheep and Bighorm graze together
Mullerius capillaris
Metastrongyloidea
Lungworm
Mullerius capillaris characteristics
terminal bronchioles and alveoli
Male lack bursa but tail coiled in spiral
Mullerius capillaris life cycle
Eggs develop in the lung
Indirect
Mullerius pathogenicity
host reaction causes worm to be enclosed in fibrous nodules
Mammomonogamus laryngeus
Strongyloidea
Mammomonogamus laryngeus characteristics
Y shaped,
Blood sucker
no pathogenesis
Oestrus ovis
Nasal bot
Sheep bot fly
Oestrus ovis life cycle
adult flies do not feed
larviposit near nasl cavit
Mature larvae are expleed from nose, pupate on ground
Oestrus ovis flies active
spring through fall
Oestrus ovis pathogenicity
irritate nasal and sinus mucosa causing discharge
Osteomyelitis/meningoencephalitis
Oestrus ovis DX
difficult in living hsot since larve not easily visualize
Cephenemyia
nasal pharyngeal head or throat bots
Deer, native and exotic
Female flies larvioposit in nostrils
sneeze out 3rd instar
Cephenemy pathogenesis
None
Scare hunters when bots come from meat