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Endo parasites Flashcards

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Protozoal Parasites

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psuedopodia
Flagella
Cillia

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Name 3 types of Worms

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  • Trematodes - Flat leaf-shaped worms
  • Cestodes - Flat segmented tapeworms
  • Nematodes - Round worms
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What 4 endo parasites of dogs

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  • Protozoa (Entamoeba, Giardia, Eimeria, Toxoplasma
  • Trematodes (Fasciola hepatica)
  • Cestodes (Dipylidium, taenia hydatigena, taenia ovis)
  • Nematodes (Ascarids, Ancyclostoma, Trichuris)
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Protozoa - what does giardia lambia cause in dogs

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  • enteritis and diarrhoea

- flagellate

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Protozoa - What does isospora canis cause in dogs

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  • coccidia of dogs in the eimeria family
  • diarrhoea in young animals in crowded unhygienic conditions
  • Self-limiting infections through reinfection is likely
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Protozoa - what does Toxoplasma gondii cause in dogs

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Rare usually causes nervous disease in dogs

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Cestodes - Dipylidium caninum cause in dogs

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Flea tapeworm of dogs and cats

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Cestodes - Taenia hydatigena cause in dogs

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causes cysts in the peritoneum of cattle

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Cestodes - Taenia ovis causes in dogs

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causes cysts in the muscles of sheep

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Cestodes - Echinococcus Granulosa cause in dogs

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  • Eradicated from nz dogs currently
  • causes cysts in lungs and liver-
  • ZOONOTIC
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Nematodes - toxocara canis in dogs

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Causes visceral larval migrans and may be zoonotic

prenatal infection occurs

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Nematodes - Toxascaris leonina in dogs

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Causes visceral larval migrains and may be zoonotic

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Nematodes - Ancyclostoma caninum - in dogs

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  • Causes cutaneous larval migrans

- Is the most pathogenic of the hookworms of dogs.

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Nematodes - uncinaria Stenocephala in dogs

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causes cutaneous larval migrans

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Nematodes - Filaroides osleri in dogs

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lung worm in dogs

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Nematodes - trichuris vulpis in dogs

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Whipworm

causes intermittent chronic diarrhoea and iron deficiency anaemia

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Nematodes - dirofilaria immitus in dogs

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Not currently in nz

heart worm of dogs

18
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name 3 Endo parasites of cats

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  • protozoa
  • Cestodes
  • nematodes
19
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What is toxoplasma gondii in cats?

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cats = difinitive host
asexual reproduction in other animals in GIT
in cats organism remains in the GIT
Cats contaminate the environment
Omnivores and carnivroes ca be infected by ingesting the sporulated oocysts from environmental contamination of the cysts in the tissues of their prey

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