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Clinical Procedures - Internal and External Parasitology Flashcards

1
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Rickettsia are transmitted how?

A

Blood sucking vectors - arthropods

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2
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Anaplasma marginale found where?

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As a single dot at margin of RBC

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3
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Ehrlichia canis found where?

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In WBC

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4
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Anaplasma marginale type of parasite?

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Rickettsia

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5
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Ehrlichia canis type of parasite?

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Rickettsia

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6
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Giardia canis type of parasite?

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Protozoa - intestinal

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7
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Coccidia type of parasite?

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Protozoa - intestinal

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Babesia type of parasite?

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Protozoa - blood

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9
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Giardia found where?

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Contaminated water.

Hard to find on fecal float, use direct smear with iodine or other stain

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10
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Coccidia found where?

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Pet stores, puppy mills, shelters, overcrowded situations

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11
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Babesia cause what?

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Hemolytic anemia

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12
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How to diagnose babesia?

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Differential smear

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13
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How to diagnose trematodes?

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Sedimentation not fecal float. They are heavy!

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14
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Trematode egg appearance?

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Large, oval, single operculum

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15
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Nanophytes salmoncola causes what?

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Salmon poisoning in dogs and cats - carries neoricketsia helmintheca

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16
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Fasciola hepatica is what?

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Liver flukes found in cattle

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Paragonimus kellicotti is what?

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Lung flukes found in cats and dogs

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18
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Trematodes have what intermediate hosts?

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Larval stage is found in snails and fish

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19
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Cestodes have what intermediate hosts?

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Larval stage is found athropods, fish, and mammals

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20
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Dipylidium caninum is what?

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Flea tapeworm of cats and dogs

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21
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Taenia pisiformis is what?

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Rabbit/rodent tapeworm of cats and dogs

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22
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Examples of ascarids?

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Toxocara Canis/Cati and Toxascaris leonina

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23
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How are ascarids contracted?

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Enviromental, in utero, transmammary

24
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Symptoms of ascarid infection?

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Vomiting, diarrhea, coughing, gas, distended abdomen, seizures if CNS involvement

25
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Ascarid infections in humans can cause?

A

Ocular Larval Migrans

Visceral Larval Migrans

26
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Hookworm examples?

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Ancylostoma caninum (dogs) 
Uncinaria stenoceohala (dogs and cats)
27
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How are hookworms transmitted?

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Enviromental
Transmammary
Cutaneous larval migrans

28
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Symptoms of hookworm infection?

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Listless, bloody diarrhea, anemia

29
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How to identify hookworms?

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Examine within 30 minutes. Large oval eggs, bubbling granular insides

30
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How to identify whipworms?

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Football shaped eggs, double operculum - sporadic egg shedder

31
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Symptoms of whipworms?

A

Blood and mucus in stool, frequent bowel movements

32
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Species of whipworms in dogs?

A

Trichuris vulpis

33
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Nematode found in blood?

A

Dirofilaria immitus

34
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Diagnosis of nematode larva is done by what?

A

Baerrmann techniques

35
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Examples of nematodes found by baerrmann technique?

A

Strongyloides stercoralis - thread worm in dog/cat (infected by larva)
Aelurostrongylus abstrusus - lungworm in cats.

36
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How to identify and treat lung worm in cats?

A

Identify with tracheal wash/mucus secretions - larvae with kink in tail
Treat with panacur and ivermectin

37
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Fleas are vectors for what?

A

Bubonic plague

Intermediate host for dipylidium caninum

38
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Fleas species name?

A

Ctenocephalides felis (dogs and cats)

39
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Ticks are vectors for what?

A

Variety of bacterial, viral, rickettsial, and protozoal diseases. Including rocky mountain spotted fever and Lyme Disease

40
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Tick life cycle includes?

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Egg, 6 legged nymph, and 8 legged adult

41
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Hard dog tick family?

42
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Soft dog tick family?

43
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Ixodidae examples?

A

Rhipicephalus sanguines - brown dog tick

Dermacentor variabilis - american dog tick

44
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Argasidae examples?

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Otobius megnini - spinose ear tick (large animals)

45
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Sucking louse family?

A

Family anoplura

46
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Biting louse family?

A

Family mallophaga

47
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Anoplura examples?

A

Linognathus setosus - dogs
Hematospinus asini - horse
Pthirus pubis - crabs louse

48
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Mallophaga examples?

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Trichodectes canis - dogs
Felicola subrostrata - cats
Daemilinea caprae - goats

49
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Cuterebra Flies infect what species?

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Rabbits and cat most commonly. Dogs occasionally.

50
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Trombicula mites are known as?

A

Chiggers - only larva are parasitic

51
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Cheyletiella sp. are known as?

A

Walking dandruff mite - causes scaling and crusting

52
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Family demodex life cycle?

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Egg, 6 legged larva, 8 legged nymph, adult

53
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Clinical signs of demodicosis?

A

Patchy or diffuse demodicosis with secondary bacterial infections

54
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Family sarcoptidae includes what species?

A

Sarcoptes scabiei canis and Notoedres cati

55
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Clinical signs of sarcoptic mange?

A

Scaling, crusting, self-trauma,

ears, lateral elbows, ventral abdomen harbors mites

56
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Family psoroptidae includes what species?

A

Psoroptes sp.
Chorioptes sp.
Otodectes sp.

57
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Otodectes cynotis clinical signs

A

Otitis externa
Irritation
Dark, dry crusting

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