Babesia spp

Question 1

order

Answer 1

piroplasmorida

Question 2

condition

Answer 2

canine babesiosis

Question 3

hosts

Answer 3

dogs and occasionally humans

Question 4

identification

Answer 4

blood smears with trophozoites in red blood cells

Question 5

parasite of ____ cells

Answer 5

blood

Question 6

___ are vectors

Answer 6

ticks- Rhipicephalus sanguineus (brown dog tick)

Question 7

_____ reproduction takes place in ticks

Answer 7

sexual

Question 8

characteristics of babesia

Answer 8

club shaped
round
elongate

Question 9

size

Answer 9

5 micrometers

Question 10

which is the large form

Answer 10

Babesia Canis- infects dogs in north america

Question 11

which is the small form

Answer 11

Babesia gibsoni and Babesia conradea

Question 12

life cycle

Answer 12

dog is inoculated by tick vector
host cells rupture and new organisms penetrate new cells
ticks become infected by ingesting infected blood from dog
in the tick gut schizogony results in vermicules
vermicules infect tick eggs in the females
these ticks form sporozoites in salivary cells
these sporozoites are inoculated into a new host

Question 13

site of infection

Answer 13

erythrocytes

Question 14

pathogenesis

Answer 14

depression
anorexia
anemia
splenomegaly

Question 15

diagnosis

Answer 15

trophozoites in a peripheral blood smear

Question 16

treatment

Answer 16

antiprotozoal

tick control

Question 17

B canis sporozoites enter the bloodstream of the dog and multiply by ____ in erythrocytes

Answer 17

schizogony

Question 18

as pairs they are called

Answer 18

pyriform merozoites

Question 19

as three they are called

Answer 19

cruciform merozoites

Question 20

PPP

Answer 20

7 days