Dog And Cat Nematodes

Question 1

What do spirocerca lupi worms do to the esophagus?

Answer 1

Causes nodules that can cause obstruction

Question 2

Physaloptera sp.

Answer 2

Stomach worm

Question 3

Clinical signs of stomach worms?

Answer 3

Vomiting, dark colored stools

Question 4

What are stomach worm identification similar to?

Answer 4

Toxocara canis and Cato but lighter

Question 5

True roundworms?

Answer 5

Toxocara canis and cati, toxascarsis leonina

Question 6

Looks like spaghetti?

Answer 6

Toxocara canis or roundworms

Question 7

How are roundworms transmitted?

Answer 7

Ingestion, transplacental, transmammary, through soil

Question 8

Symptoms of roundworm in dogs?

Answer 8

Dry hair coat, pot belly, thin looking (with pot belly), loose stool, puppies compete for food, dry cough

Question 9

99% of puppies have these.

Answer 9

Toxocara canis (roundworms)

Question 10

How do you diagnose toxocara canis?

Answer 10

Fecal observation, observation of adult worms

Question 11

Toxocara cati?

Answer 11

Cat roundworms

Question 12

Difference between feline and canine roundworms?

Answer 12

Center of ova is more filled in, darker in color (feline)

Question 13

How is toxocara cati transmitted?

Answer 13

Transmammary, ingestion, through soil (no transplacentally)

Question 14

Toxascaris leonina?

Answer 14

Roundworms of dogs and cats.

Question 15

Is not zoonotic.

Answer 15

Toxascaris leonina

Question 16

What happens during human toxocariasis?

Answer 16

Visceral larval migrans, ocular larval migrans (very common in children)

Question 17

How long is the life span of an adult worm?

Answer 17

2-4 years

Question 18

What is the incubation period of roundworms?

Answer 18

4 weeks

Question 19

How many eggs can one female roundworm produce?

Answer 19

100,000-200,000 per day

Question 20

Symptoms of human roundworms?

Answer 20

Inflammation of lungs and retina, enlarged liver, nasal discharge

Question 21

Treatment options for animal roundworms?

Answer 21

Pyrantal pamoate (strongid) ivermectin, piperzine, fendbendazole (Panacur)

Question 22

How can we control worms?

Answer 22

Dewormers all puppies, regular fecal exams, sanitation

Question 23

Baylisascaris procyonis.

Answer 23

Raccoon roundworm

Question 24

What does raccoon roundworm cause?

Answer 24

Ocular, visceral and neural larval migrans

Question 25

Cat hookworm?

Answer 25

Anclyostoma tubaeforme

Question 26

Two types of strictly dog hookworms?

Answer 26

Ancylostoma canium, uncinaria stenocephala

Question 27

Dog and cat hookworms?

Answer 27

Anclyostoma braziliense

Question 28

Where do hookworm travel?

Answer 28

Tissue migration, to tracheal migration to be swallowed and get to the intestines to become an adult

Question 29

Transmission of hookworm?

Answer 29

Ingestion, transmammary, transplacental, through skin

Question 30

Symptoms of hookworms?

Answer 30

Dark tarry stool, dry hair coat, anemia, pale mm and prolonged CRT, weakness, dehydration

Question 31

Treatment options for hookworms?

Answer 31

Pyrantal pamoate (strongid/nemex), dichlorvos, Panacur

Question 32

"Creeping eruption" "plumbers itch"

Answer 32

Cutaneous larval migrans of hookworms

Question 33

How can humans get hookworms?

Answer 33

Skin penetration, gardening, playing in dirt, lying in grass, ingestion of parasite

Question 34

After three weeks of life, one female hookworm can produce....

Answer 34

20,000-50,000 eggs a day.

Question 35

Strongyloides

Answer 35

Intestinal Threadworms

Question 36

How are intestinal threadworms spread?

Answer 36

Skin and transmammary routes

Question 37

Tricchuris vulpis?

Answer 37

Canine whipworm

Question 38

Where do whipworms infect?

Answer 38

Large intestine

Question 39

Identified by bi-polar plugs called...

Answer 39

Whipworms, operculum

Question 40

Identification of whipworm ova?

Answer 40

Lemon shape with bi polar plugs, yellow to brown

Question 41

How long can whipworms survive?

Answer 41

5-10 years

Question 42

Spirocerca lupi?

Answer 42

Esophageal worm

Question 43

Dirofilaria immitis

Answer 43

Heartworm disease

Question 44

Hosts of dirofilaria?

Answer 44

Dogs, cats, ferrets

Question 45

Where are adult dirofilaria found?

Answer 45

Right side of the pulmonary artery

Question 46

Where are microfilariae found?

Answer 46

The circulatory system

Question 47

Eosinophils are usually associated with...

Answer 47

Parasites

Question 48

What test tests for adult heartworm?

Answer 48

Elisa

Question 49

How can you test for microfilaria?

Answer 49

Direct smear (EDTA spin down), hematocrit (found in Buffy coat), filtration , knott test

Question 50

Aelurostrongylus abstrusus.

Answer 50

Feline lungworm

Question 51

False heartworm.

Answer 51

D. Reconditum

Question 52

Where do feline lungworm live?

Answer 52

In the bronchioles and alveolar ducts.

Question 53

Filaroides spp.

Answer 53

Canine lungworm

Question 54

Eucoleus aerophilus

Answer 54

Feline respiratory capillaries

Question 55

Diactophyma renale

Answer 55

Giant kidney worm

Question 56

Pearsonema plica or feliscati

Answer 56

Bladder worms of canines and felines