Exam 2 Flashcards
A cat comes into the clinic for a routine check up. It has no clinical signs of dz. The cat is indoor/outdoor. The owner reports that the cat likes hunting around the fish pond that is loaded with frogs and goldfish. The cat seems healthy, but after running a routine fecal there are honey colored operculated eggs found that are much larger than normal helminth eggs. Name the possible parasite.
Alaria spp.
Alaria spp. is infective at what stage to the final host?
mesocercariae
A fox hit by a car comes into the clinic and the animal control officer asks you to necropsy it. In the stomach you find that a frog has recently been eaten by the fox and just for funsies you open up the frog and friend evidence of pulmonary hemorrhage. You immediatly ask the animal control officer about his hygeine protocols. Why are you asking and what is the common name of the parasite you suspect?
Alaria spp. (INTESTINAL FLUKE) is zoonotic and humans can be a paratenic host
Which parasite has an obligatory paratenic host?
Platynosomum fastosum
You are a seventh semester working in a clinic on St. Kitts. A stray cat is brought in and you perform an abdominal palpation and discover an enlarged liver. You confirm this with ultrasound. You then check the eye for icterus because you suspect what disease associated with this parasite?
Lizard poisoning from Platynosomum fastosum
When adopting a kitten on St. Kitts what should you do to prevent issues with Platynosomum fastosum? How should you treat if your kitten becomes infected?
Prevent lizard hunting. Treat with praziquantel
All trematodes have this as its first/only intermediate host
snails
This trematode infects bile ducts and if untreated can lead to obstruction of ducts and eventual death of the final host.
Platynosomum fastosum
Crayfish are the second intermediate host for what parasite?
Paragonimus kellicotti
What is the common name of the adult trematode can be described as red/brown and “coffee beanish”
Lung fluke
(Paragonimus kellicotti)
True or false
The PPP of a dog infected with lung flukes is up to 10 weeks.
False
PPP 4-5 weeks
Another vet asks you to consult on a cat case. They treated this female indoor/outdoor cat for a bacterial pneumonia infection, but the symptoms have not resolved and the cat has an intermittent cough. You check the other vets x rays and discover small cysts in the lung parenchyma. Name the parasite. How many adults in the cysts?
Paragonimus kellicotti
2 per cyst
Which parasite is zoonotic?
A. Paragonimus kellicotti
B. Nanophyetus salmincola
C. Dirofilaria immitis
D. Trichuris suis
All are ;)
You are watching Yukon vet on tv. She orders a lot of Praziquantel, Fenbendazole, and Tetracycline prior to the salmon run. What parasite is she preparing to see many cases of in the coming months?
Nanophyetus salmincola w/ a simultaneous Neorickettsia helminthoeca infection
True or false
salmon poisoning flukes have the possibility of a paratenic host in their life cycle.
False
A dog comes into the clinic. The dog is showing extreme signs of dz with vomiting, diarrhea, enlarged lymph nodes, and a sudden fever. You ask if there are other animals in the house and they say they have a cat. The cat has vomited once, but has shown no other signs of disease and has a history of hairballs. They both have eaten scraps from the family’s salmon BBQ. Should the cat come in?
Bring the cat in it may also be infected with Nanophyetus salmincola, but dogs show signs more extremely than other final hosts
Oxyuris equi is very similar to a human parasite called _____.
Enterobius vermicularis
You get a field call from a horse owner who reports a horse rubbing its rump against the stall walls to the point that the hair has been rubbed off. You know exactly what the parasite is and bring what in your bag to collect a sample for concrete diagnosis.
You bring tape for adhesive tape method on the perianal region of the horse
Large pinworms are so irritating because of what stage of their direct life cycle?
The female (Oxyuris equi) lay eggs in perineum in an itchy gelatinous substance when released into the environment.
True or false
If you visulaize adult large pinworms they are most likely female.
True
PPP of Oxyuris equi
4-5 months
This nematode causes nodules to form at the margo plicatus of equines and results in tumors.
Draschia megastoma
Musca spp. and Stromoxys calcitrans (flies) are the intermediate hosts of what nematodes (common name).
Stomach nematodes
Migrating L3 of this nematode causes ______ in equines. This is a seasonal phenomenon that causes cutaneous habronemiasis/draschiasis. How can you get a definitive diagnosis?
“summer sores”
Larva in scraping of skin leasions
Controlling fly population can help prevent and limit infections by what types of nematodes.
Draschia megastoma, Habronema spp.
18% of the stray cats on St. Kitts are infected with this parasite that infect the stomach and cause vomiting, catarrhal gastritis, and blood in the feces
Physaloptera spp
Physaloptera spp. infect canines/felines and the intermediate hosts are
A.beetles
B. cockaroaches
C. Crickets
D. Mosquitos
A,B,C
PPP of Physaloptera spp. is ____
8-10 weeks
You are in Africa treating some lions with weakness, and loss of condition. All of the common causes have been eliminated. You watch the lions eating and see that they are having trouble swallowing and regurge most of their food. You have access to a portable radiograph machine, would this be a useful diagnostic tool?
Yes, because you suspect Spirocerca lupi
Which parasite causes esophageal granulomas (subsequent sarcomas) and can lead to the development of osteosarcoma spondylosis and osteopathies.
Spirocerca lupi
What is the common name of the nematode whose intermediate host is a dung beetle and whose paratenic hosts are chickens, birds, lizards, and mice
Esophageal worm
The L3 of this parasite migrates from the stomach wall via the celiac artery/thoracic aorta to esophagus. Name the nematode
Spirocerca lupi
PPP of esophageal worm is ___
6 months
A horse owner calls with concern about some tissue nodules and scaly pruritic dermatitis around the whithers. You go to the farm and biopsy the nodule. You incubate in saline and discover the parasite is ____
Onchocerca cervicalis
Name the intermediate host of Onchocerca cervicalis
culicoides spp.
What is the predilection site of infection of Onchocerca cervicalis
ligamentum nuchae in whithers
You distinguish microfilaria of Acanthocheilonema reconditum from mff of D. immitis by what 2 features?
- blunt head
- buttonhook (curved tail)
transmission of Acanthocheilonema reconditum by what 3 arthropods?
- fleas
- ticks
- lice
Acanthocheilonema reconditum is diagnosed with what method?
Mff in blood smear
What parasite should you be shouting in your head when you see a mosquito?
Dirofilaria immitis
Is heartworm zoonotic?
Yes
What stage of heart worm in infective to final host?
L3 infective and transferred during mosquito blood meal
True or false
Dirofilaria immitis mff have progressive movement just like Acanthocheilonema reconditum.
False D. immitis does not have progressive movement
Acanthocheilonema reconditum mff does
A dog comes in with exercise intolerance, another coughing, and the third is asymptomatic. All three come up with a positve heartworm antigen test. Was there a mix up of samples or is this possible? What could confirm results?
These are all possible in heart worm cases and you can confirm with an mff blood smear.
true or false?
There is no need to test before starting preventative
False
Treatment includes prophylaxis, doxycycline, adulticide, and cage rest because
this targets all life stages of Dirofilaria immitis
Adult infection site is the ____ arteries but can infect the _____ and ______ in large parasite loads.
distal parts of Pulmonary arteries
Right heart
caudal vena cava
What parasite infects D. immitis and increases resistence of blood flow and partial tricuspid closure
Wolbachia spp.
Most common poultry nematode
Heterakis gallinarum
Heterakis spp. infects what site in domestic and wild fowl?
cecum
“blackhead” in turkeys is caused by the transmission of ______
histomonas meleagridis
This nematode usually infects ducks, pheasants, quail, and chickens. It causes diarrhea, emaciation, and death. Name the nematode?
Heterakis isolonche
This is a non-pathogenic nematode which infects wild and domestic fowl.
Heterakis dispar