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Question | Answer |
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What are the 3 most common nematodes seen in dogs and cats? | Roundworms, hooksworms, whipworms |
What is another name for a roundworm? | Ascarid |
What intestinal parasites fall into the category of Cestode? | Tapeworms |
What intestinal parasites fall into the category of Trematode? | Flukes |
What intestinal parasites fall into the category of Protozoan? | Toxoplasmosis, Giardia, Coccidia |
What are the 3 scientific names for Roundworms? | Toxascaris leonina, Toxacara cati, and Toxacara canis |
What is the scientific name for the most common Hookworm seen in dogs and cats? | Ancylostoma spp |
What is the scientific name for whipworms? | Trichuris vulpis |
Scientific name for the kidney worm? | D. Renale |
Scientific name for heartworms? | Dirofilaria immitus |
Scientific name for esophageal worms? | Spirocerca lupi |
What specific shape do esophageal worms have? | Paperclip |
Scientific name for the stomach worm? | Pysoloptera |
Scientific name for the Feline Trichostrongylid and how is it transmitted? | Ollanus tricuspis, via cat vomitus |
What is the most common method used for detection of intestinal parasites? | Fecal floatation |
What is the best way to detect protozoan? | Direct fecal |
Can you use vomitus in a fecal floatation device to check for intestinal parasites? | Yes! |
Adult roundworms look like what in vomit or stool? | Spaghetti |
Tapeworm segments look like what around the anus and what is their specific name? | Rice, progglottids |
Most nematodes are ingested by thier host, go into the intestines, migrate to the lungs, and then what? | Are coughed up, reswallowed, and excreted in feces. |
What two intestinal parasites are commonly dormant until the animal becomes pregnant>? | Hooks and rounds |
What are two ways that a puppy or kitten would be intestinal parasites from mom? | Transplacental and transmammary |
Roundworms cause _______________ in children. | Visceral larval migrans |
Hookworms can cause severe _____________ in puppies or kittens if the infection is severe enough. | Anemia |
Hookworms most commonly infect humans thru_____________? | Barefeet |
Hookworms cause ___________________ in people. | Cutaneous larval migrans |
Scientific name for intestinal threadworm? | Strongyloides |
The ends of whipworm eggs are called___________. | Operculum |
Scientific names for pinworms? | Enterobius spp and Oxyuris equi |
Microfilaria must develop in an intermediate host, which is? | Mosquito |
Scientific name for the intestinal nematode of horses known as Horse Bots? | Gastrophilus spp |
Scientific name for the stomach worms of horses? | Habronema spp, Drachsia spp |
What is the best test for diagnosing pinworms? | Cellophane tape test or scraping the rectum |
Scientific name for the eyeworm? | Thelazia lacrymalis |
Trichostrongyloids fall into what category of intestinal parasites? | Nematodes |
What can people get from eating under cooked pork? | Trichinella |
Unlike most intestinal parasites, where do whipworms reside? | Cecum |
Scientific name for tapeworms obtained from fleas/grain mites? | Diplydium caninum |
Scientific name for tapeworms obtained from rodents/rabbits? | Taenia spp |
Is it common to see tapeworm eggs on a fecal floatation? | No, they are too heavy |
Which tapeworm egg is refered to as "cucumber seed" because it houses many eggs in a packet? | Diplydium caninum |
What species of tapeworm is the worst kind to get and will cause hydated cysts? | Echinococcus spp |
What do trematodes look like? | Leaf shaped body, not segmented |
Where do flukes usually reside? | Liver/lungs and primarily the intestinal tract |
The intermediate host for trematodes is the ________? | Snail |
Most common intestinal fluke of dogs and cats? | Alaria spp |
Isospora, Eimeria, Cryptosporidium, and Toxoplasmosis, are all in what class of Protozoans? | Coccidia |