Cytology Practical Flashcards

Intestinal fluke
Alaria

Tapeworm
Spirometra

Lung fluke
Paragonimus kellicotti

Liver fluke
Platynosomun fastosum

Flea tapeworm
Dipylidium caninum

Tapeworm
Taenia spp

Lungworm
Capillaria aerophila

Whipworm
Trichuris vulpis

Hookworm
Uncinaria stenocephala

Hookworm
Ancylostoma spp

Stomach worm
Physaloptera spp

Roundworm
Toxascaris leonina

Roundworm
Toxocara cati

Roundworm
Toxocara canis

Raccoon roundworm
Baylisascaris spp

Threadworm
Strongyloides larvae

Giardia trophozite

Giardia cyst

Isospora spp. coccidia

Toxoplasma gondii

Parabasal cell
- Small round cells with nuclei and small amount of cytoplasm
- Uniform in size and shape

Intermediate cell
- Round nuclei, nucleus similar in size to parabasal cells
- Entire cell approximately twice the size of parabasal cells
- Cytoplasm becomes angular, irregular and folded as cell enlarges

Superficial cell
- Largest epithelial cell
- Also know as cornified

Superficial cell
- More cornifed

Proestrus

Early proestrus

Late proestrus

Estrus

Diestrus

- Diestrus
- Abrupt decrease in superficial cells
- Increase in parabasal cells and intermediate cells
- Many WBC’s, then decrease in late diestrus

- Anestrus
- The transition period between cycles 4-12 months Parabasa and intermediate cells predominate Few WBC’s and bacteria

Mouse and rat pinworm
Syphacia obvelata

Rat pinworm
Syphacia muris

Mouse and rat pinworm
Aspiculuris tetraptera

Rat lice
Polyplax spinulosa

Mice lice
Polyplax serrata

Mouse fur mite
Myocoptes musculinus

Mouse fur mite
Myobia musculi

Mouse fur mite
Radfordia affinis

Rat fur mite
Radfordia ensifera

Rat ear mange mite
Notoedres muris

Dog ear mange mite
Octodectos cynotis

Rabbit ear mange mite
Psoroptes cunniculi

Blood sucking rat mite
Orthithonyssus bacoti