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Parasites Flashcards

Learn different parasite names and hosts

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The most common swine gastrointestinal parasite

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Ascaris suum (roundworm)

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The parasite that is the most important cause of parasitic gastritis in cattle

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Ostertagia orstertagi (brown stomach worm)

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Equine gastrointestinal parasite that when deposited at an abnormal site on the skin or mucous membranes is responsible for causing the eosinophilic granulomas known as summer sores

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Habronema spp.

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A proliferative honeycomb beak along with scaly crusty lesions on the legs and feet of a bird is a sign of

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Cnemidocoptes pilae (scaly leg mite)

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The intermediate host of Dipylidium caninum and is important in its transmission

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Ctenocephalides felis (cat flea)

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Parasite that is responsible for the transmission of Yersinia pestis

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Xenopsylla cheops (plague/rat flea)

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Eimeria, Cystoisospora, Cryptosporidium, Sarcocystis, and Toxoplasma are all what type of parasite?

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Coccidia

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The parasite that can be found in the bladder or urinary tract of dogs

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Capillaria plica (bladder worm)

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What two blood parasites look similar on a blood slide but must be differentiated to treat

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Dirofilaria immitis (heartworm) and Acanthocheilonema (Dipetalonema) reconditum

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The two groups of Endoparasites

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Protozoa and Helminths (worms)

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Flies, ticks, fleas, lice, and mites are classified as

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Ectoparasites

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The two types of lice

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Anoplura (sucking) and Mallophaga (chewing)

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Mites are identified by

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Shape/body type and pedicles

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Cochliomyia hominivorax

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primary screwworm; infects cattle skin; need to report infestation; Myiasis producer

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Cuterebra

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rodent fly; infects skin of any mammal; Obligate myiasis producer

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Gasterophilus

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bot fly; infects mouth, pharynx, and esophagus of horses; eggs are laid on the hair of forelimbs; Obligate myiasis producer

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Hypoderma

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warbles; lays eggs in superficial skin of cattle; migrates through tissues to get to SQ tissue; Obligate myiasis producer

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Musca domesticus

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house fly; Facultative myiasis producer; lays eggs in breaks in skin; carries vectors such as Habronema, Thelazia, Morazella bovis

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Stomoxys

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stable fly; Facultative myiasis producer; lays eggs in feces near stagnant water; female carrier; Habronema in cattle

20
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Chrysops/Tabanus

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horse fly; Facultative myiasis producer; lays eggs in feces; female carrier; Anaplasma (cattle), anthrax, tularemia, Equine Infectious anemia (EIA), and Trypanosoma

21
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Culex Anopheles

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Mosquito; causes hypersensitivity, anemia, agitation; Equine Enchephalitis, West Nile, myxomatosis (rabbits), Fowl pox, Dirofilaria immitis definitive host for Plasmodium(malaria)

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Parasite that causes pruritic of ears, coffeeground discharge in ears, and can cause military dermatitis of face and neck in cats

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Otodectes cynotis (ear mite)

23
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Birds are the preferred host but will feed on any warm blooded host

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Echidnophaga (sticktight flea)

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Demodex canis

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Mange; causes alopecia but is usually self limiting

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Ixodes scapularis

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White-tailed deer tick; intermediate host is white-footed mouse; vector of Borrella burgdorferi (lyme), Babesia (cattle), Anaplasma phagocytophilum (horses)

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Rhipicephalus sanguineus

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Brown dog tick; vector of Babesia canis, Ehrlichia canis, Babesia bigemina (cattle)

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Dermacentor variabilis

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American dog tick; vector of Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Francisella tularensis (tularemia)

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Dermacentor andersoni

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Rocky Mountain Wood tick; vector of Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Francisella tularensis (tularemia), Colorado tick fever, Q fever

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Parasite that causes a mild fever for 3-4 days or be asymptomatic in its definitive host (cat) but causes flu-like symptoms in its intermediate host

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Toxoplasma gondii

30
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Parasite that’s life cycle takes place in the intestines and most commonly affects cattle causing symptoms such as severe diarrhea, kidney, and/or liver damage

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Cryptosporidium

31
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How dogs contract Hepatozoon canis/americanum

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Ingestion of the Rhipicephalus tick

32
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Diplydium caninum, Taenia pisiformis, and Echinococcus granulosus are what type of parasite?

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Cestodes (Tape worms)

33
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Fasciola hepatica and Paragonimus kellicotti are parasites that are classified as

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Trematodes (Flukes)

Snails are usually first host

34
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Nematodes include which parasites

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Hookworms, roundworms, stronglys

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