Clinical Parasitology

Question 1

Method used to concentrate more eggs by mixing the fecal sample with a flotation solution and then using a centrifical force to separate the substances. Fewer. False no eggs observed blah blah blah

Answer 1

Centrifugation procedure

Question 2

A small amount of feces mixed with saline is placed on a slide with a cover slip on it prior to viewing it under a microscope

Answer 2

direct smear

Question 3

Parasites that live on their host

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Ectoparasites

Question 4

Parasites that live in their host

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Endoparasites

Question 5

The presence of endoparasites in their host

Answer 5

Infection

Question 6

The presence of echoparasites on their host

Answer 6

Infestation

Question 7

Periods of the parasite's life when it lives apart from the host

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Free living stage

Question 8

An animal that transfers an infective agent from one host to another

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Vector

Question 9

Usually echo parasites with a four stage lifecycle period the adult or recognized have eight legs and two body parts (head and abdomen)

Answer 9

Arachnids

Question 10

Also known as roundworms; covered by a cutical (tough skin) they have three life stages colon egg four larvel and an

Answer 10

Nematodes

Question 11

Shedding of the outer shell as some parasites go from one stage to the next

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Molting

Question 12

Also known as cestodes, tapeworms are endoparasites that have 3 life stages; yhe adult tapeworm always lives in the host's digestive tract

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Tapeworm

Question 13

May also be called flukes and are flat, leaf shaped worms.They have a complex life cycle and most adult tremetodes are endoparasites

Answer 13

Trematodes

Question 14

Single cell animals which encompass many different organisms with different life cycles period adult protozoans and endoparasites

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Protozoan

Question 15

Legless soft body larvae that hatch from flies period they live and feed on decaying matter until they mature into winged six legged adults

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Maggot

Question 16

Also known as hoarse flies or deer flies. The female fly feeds on blood of large animals

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Tabanids

Question 17

Disease caused in livestock by the roundworm ostertagia larvae. arrested larvae slow their development to survive harsh conditions causing type two disease

Answer 17

Ostertagia disease

Question 18

A protozoan that lives by in the small intestine and reproduces by dividing in the intestine. Giardia may pass in the feces and infect. Water, spreading to a new host

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Giargia lamblia

Question 19

A parasite that spends every lifestage in one host. 2 host and 3 host ticks spend different stages of the lifecycle and different stages of the. Lifecycle and different stages of the life cycle in different hosts

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One-host tick

Question 20

Round worn parasite that lives in the g I tract of dogs and cats

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Hookworm

Question 21

Protozone when that lives in the upper portion of the digest tract (pharyngitis, crop and esophagus) of pigeons, turkeys and chickens

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Trichomonas gallinarum

Question 22

Adult females live in the lungs of snakes causing severe disease. snakes may gape from not getting enough air

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Lungworms

Question 23

A major g I nematode of dogs that irritate the large in testans causing diarrhea

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Whipworms

Question 24

Nemo toads that are important internal parasites of horses. Adult stronglyes live in the large intestine and cecum of horses and bite off pieces of mucosa to feed

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Stronglyes

Question 25

Species specific protozoans that may or may not cause disease with infection

Answer 25

Coccidia

Question 26

Common mites that live on the fur of animals such as mice rat guinea pigs and rabbits

Answer 26

Fur mites