Acanthocephalans, Hirudinea and large animal parasites

Question 1

Common Name: Thorny-headed worm of swine
Host is pigs
Intermediate host is the dung beetle
Has the potential to perforate the intestines causing peritonitis and possible death

Answer 1

Macracanthorhychus hirudinaceus

Question 2

Host is dogs
Intermediate host is dung beetle
Can perforate through to the peritoneum and cause peritonitis and possible death

Answer 2

*Oncicola canis
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Question 3

Hirudinea

Answer 3

Leeches

External parasites of humans and domesticated and wild animals

Question 4

Host is humans
Used worldwide for medicinal use
One of many species farmed and sanitized prior to use on humans

Answer 4

*Hirudo medicinalis
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Question 5

Ascarid- equine roundworm
Largest of equine nematodes
Hatch in small inestine, migrate to the liver via the hepatic vein. Then carried to lungs to the circulatory system

Answer 5

Parascaris equorum