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ctrl of cestodes:
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treatment, (benzimadizoles)
sanitation |
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Dx and ctrolspironucleus muris
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both: direct smear
ctrl: prevent exposure, sanitation |
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clin signs of giardia (both) and tritrichomonas (mouse)
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none
diarrhea moreso in mice |
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control of giardia and tritrichomonas
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prevent exposure
sanitation |
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transmission of nematodes
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fecal oral
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Dx of ayphacia and aspicularis
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syphacia - tape test
aspicularis - floatation test tx - ivermectin |
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syphacia locations
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adults in cecum and colon
females mate in cecum then lay eggs in anus male stays in cecum |
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aspicularis locations
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adults in cecum and colon
mate in cecum and lay eggs in cecum |
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clinical signs of cestode infection
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both:
none catarrhal enteritis diarrhea emaciation chronic wasting wt loss |
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cestode that requires and intermediat host
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hymenoleis
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cestode indirect host
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beetle, roach, flea
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dx of cestodes
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necropsy
fecal float histopath |
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nematode parasites
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syphacia obvelata (both)
s. muris(rat) aspicularis tetraptera (both) |
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protozoal parasites
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spironucleus muris (both)
tritrichomonas (mouse) giardia (both) |
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fur mites include:
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myocoptes musculiis (mouse)
myobia musculi (mouse) radfordia (both) |
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fur mites include
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psogates simplex (mouse)
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transmission of arthropods:
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direct (fomites)
usually host specific |
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clinical signs of arthropods in mice and rats
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alopecia, prutis, poor body condition
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Dx of arthropods
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tape test, fur test, hair pluck, pelt exam,
ctrl - regular exam tx - ivermectin |
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small intestinal flagellates include
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sprinucleus muris (both)
giardia (both) |
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large intestinal protozoa include
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tritrichomonas spp. (mouse)
cryptosporidium (mouse stomach) |
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protozoal transmission
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fecal oral
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clin signs spironucleus muris
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mouse:
weanling - dehydration, anorexia, sticky fecal mass, mortality, depressed abdominal distention rat: carrier state catarral enteritis weight loss |
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cestodes
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rodentolepis nana (mouse only)
hymenolepis spp (both) taenia taeniaformis (both) |
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arthropod parasites
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mouse:
mycoptes musculinus myobia musculi radfordia affinis psorogates simplex rat: radfordia ensifera polyplax spinulosa |