Endoparasites Of Small Animals

Question 1

What is the genus and species of Nematode that lives in the small intestine that infects the dog?

Answer 1

Toxocara canis

Question 2

What is the genus and species of Nematode that lives in the small intestine that infects the cat?

Answer 2

Toxocara cati

Question 3

What is the genus and species of Nematode that lives in the small intestine that infects the dog and cat?

Answer 3

Toxascaris leonina

Question 4

What is the Genus and Species of the hookworm that infects dogs, raccoons, wolves, foxes, and coyotes within the gastrointestinal tract?

Answer 4

Ancylostoma caninum

Question 5

What is the Genus and Species of the hookworm that infects cats, both wild and domestic within the gastrointestinal tract?

Answer 5

Ancylostoma tubaeforme

Question 6

What is the Genus and Species of the hookworm that infects both dogs and cats within the gastrointestinal tract?

Answer 6

Ancylostoma braziliense

Question 7

What is the Genus and Species of the hookworm that infects dogs, cats, foxes, coyotes and wolves within the gastrointestinal tract? The common name is the northern canine hookworm.

Answer 7

Uncinaria stenocephala

Question 8

What is the scientific name for whipworms? They are the other major gastrointestinal nematode that infect dogs.

Answer 8

Trichuris vulpis

Question 9

This is a nematode whose common name is a threadworm which infects dogs, foxes, cats, humans, and nonhuman primates. What is the Genus and species?

Answer 9

Strongyloides stercoralis

Question 10

This is the most dangerous nematode in dogs, its common name is Heartworm. What is the Genus and species?

Answer 10

Dirofilaria immitis

Question 11

This nematode looks very similar to heartworm and infects the dog but does not cause any problems for the dog but does confuse the veterinarian. What is the Genus and species?

Answer 11

Dipetalonema reconditum

Question 12

This is a trematode whose common name is the lung worm who infects dogs, cats, and carnivores. What is the Genus and species?

Answer 12

Paragonimus kellicotti

Question 13

This is a tapeworm whose common name is the double pore tapeworm who infects dogs and cats. What is the Genus and species?

Answer 13

Dipylidium caninum

Question 14

This is a tapeworm that infects cats, its common name is taeniid tapeworm. What is the Genus and species?

Answer 14

Taenia taeniaeformis

Question 15

This is a tapeworm that infects dogs, its common name is taeniid tapeworm. What is the Genus and species?

Answer 15

Taenia pisiformis

Question 16

This is a tape worm whose common name is hydatid tapeworms that infect dogs. What is the Genus and species?

Answer 16

Echinococcus granulosus

Question 17

This is a tape worm whose common name is hydatid tapeworms that infect foxes but can infect dogs and cats. What is the Genus and species?

Answer 17

Echinococcus multilocularis

Question 18

This is a protozoan whose subclass is coccidia and infects dogs. What is the Genus and species?

Answer 18

Isospora canis

Question 19

These are 3 protozoan whose subclass is coccidia and they infect cats. What is their Genus and species?

Answer 19

Isospora felis
Isospora rivolta
Toxoplasma gondii

Question 20

These are both protozoan whose subclass is coccidia and they infect both dogs and cats. What is their Genus?

Answer 20

Sarcocystis

Question 21

This is a protozoan that lives in the small intestine of dogs and cats. It is a microscopic and a pear-shaped organism. Dogs and cats can be infected by it by drinking contaminated water with feces. What is the Genus and species?

Answer 21

Giardia lamblia.

Question 22

What are the 8 parasites that infect ferrets?

Answer 22

Toxocara cati, Toxascaris leonina, hookworm, heartworm, double pore tapeworm, lung fluke, Giardia, Sarcocystis, and Cryptosporidium.

Question 23

These are 3 nematodes whose common name is a pinworm that infects rodents and rabbits. What are their Genus and species?

Answer 23

Syphacia sp., Aspiculuris tetraptera, Passalurus ambiguus

Question 24

This tape worm can infect wild rodents and rabbits what is its name?

Answer 24

Hymenolepis

Question 25

What are the 3 protozoans that infect rodents and rabbits and live in the intestines?

Answer 25

Giardia, Tritrichomonas, and Eimeria.

Question 26

What is the protozoan that is a species of coccidia and infects the rabbits liver. What is the Genus and species?

Answer 26

Eimeria stiedae

Question 27

This is a nematode that infects snakes and is part of the Ascarids family. Common name is snake Ascarids. What is the species?

Answer 27

ophidascaris species

Question 28

What is the species of lungworm that infects snakes and lizards?

Answer 28

rhabdias species

Question 29

This is the amoeba of snakes which is a protozoan that infects reptiles. What is the Genus and species?

Answer 29

Entamoeba invadens

Question 30

This is a nematode that infects the bird's small intestine. What is this species?

Answer 30

Ascaridia

Question 31

This is a nematode whose common name is Cecal worm and infects the cecum of many different poultry. What is the Genus and species?

Answer 31

Heterakis gallinae

Question 32

This is a nematode whose common name is gapeworm that infects the trachea of many different birds. What is the Genus and species?

Answer 32

Syngamus trachea

Question 33

This is a small nematode (1–2 cm) that live in the crop, intestine, or cecum of birds. What is the species?

Answer 33

Capillaria

Question 34

This is a small tapeworm (3 mm) that infects the chicken. What is the Genus and species?

Answer 34

Davainea proglottina

Question 35

This is a tapeworm that are larger (12–25 cm) that infect chickens and many other types of birds. What is the species?

Answer 35

Raillietina

Question 36

This is a protozoan that is apart of the coccidia family that infects poultry and other birds. What is the species?

Answer 36

Eimeria

Question 37

This is a protozoan that lives in the upper portion of the digestive tract (pharynx, crop, and esophagus) of pigeons, turkeys, and chickens. In pigeons, it causes a condition known as canker. What is the Genus and species?

Answer 37

Trichomonas gallinae

Question 38

This is a protozoan that lives in the cecum and large intestine of poultry and occasionally is found in the liver and blood. What is the Genus and species?

Answer 38

Trichomonas gallinarum

Question 39

This is a protozoan that causes the disease blackhead and infects the cecum and liver of turkeys, chickens, and other fowl. What is the Genus and species?

Answer 39

Histomonas meleagridis

Question 40

This protozoan infects many different birds. Mammals do become infected by this as well but it is species specific. This protozoan do not infect mammals. This does not cause the birds any problems, but these infections can cause serious disease in pet birds, such as budgerigars. What is the species of this protozoan?

Answer 40

Giardia