Need to know | answer |
flea | ctenocephalides |
bot flies | gasterophilus sp; ivermectin |
flie/rabbit, mice, cats | cuterebra sp; surgical removal |
grubs larvae anaphylaxis if crushed | hypoderma bovis h. lineatum; ivermectin, |
sucking lice | anoplura; insecticidal |
biting lice | mallophaga; insecticidal |
tick | carry zoonotic dz; ixodidae, hard argasidae, soft-dermacentor/rhipicephalus sanguineous |
follicle mite | demodex sp. - skin scraping |
scabies | sarcopties scabiei; zoonotic; skin scraping; ivermectin |
feline scabies | notoedres cati |
walking dandruff mite | cheyletiella sp. cellophane tape or pluck |
ear mite | otodectes cynotis; otoscope cotton tip applicator; ivermectin |
salmon fluke | nanophyetus salmincola; neorickesttsia; tetracyclin |
tapeworm D. C. | dipylidium c. prziquantel/fleas; |
tapeworm T sp. | taenia sp./T. ovis/zoonotic; echinococcus granulosa-humans interm host; praziquantel; hydatid cysts; anaphylactic |
Hookworm A. C. | ancylostoma caninum; a. braziliense, uncinaria stenocephala, CUTANEOUS LARVAL MIGRANS |
Roundworms t. c Visceral Larval Migrans | toxocara c. toxascaris leonia; |
whipworm T. V. | trichuris vulpis; eggs shed erratically vulcan/pointed eggs |
Heartworm | dirofilaria immitis; humans rare infec with cysts; mosquito |
trichinosis | trichinella spiralis nematode |
protozoa | giardia; trophozoite; |
coccidia T in utero complications in humans | Toxoplasma gondii |
protozoa B. tears | Babesia/ all species; ticks; blood smear Dx to id tropphozoits |
protozoa T.soma slpng scknss; chagas dz | Trypanosoma/tropics/tsetse fly; |
Parasite T monas | trichomonas; veneral dz; saline smear; scrapings |
Dipylidium caninum | cestode |
toxocara canis | nematode |