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Example Helminthes Flashcards

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Fasciola hepatica

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Liver Fluke

Trematoda

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Platynosomum concinnum

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Lizard Poisoning Fluke

Trematoda

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Heterobilharzia americana

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Canine Blood Fluke

Trematoda

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Dipylidium caninum

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Cucumber Seed Tapeworm
Cestoda
Cyclophyllidea

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Anoplocephala perfoliata

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Large Animal Tapeworm
Cestoda
Cyclophyllidea

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Taenia pisiformis

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Rabbit Tapeworm
Cestoda
Cyclophyllidea

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Spirometra mansonoides

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No common name
Cestoda
Pseudocyclophillidea

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Haemonchus contortus

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Barber Pole Worm
Nematoda
Trichostrongyloidea

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Ostertagia ostertagi

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Brown Stomach Worm
Nematoda
Trichonstrongyloidea

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Ancyclostoma caninum

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Hookworm
Nematoda
Strongyloidea

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Toxocara canis

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Roundworm
Nematoda
Ascaroidea

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Trichinella spiralis

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Trichina Worm
Nematoda
Trichuroidea

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Dirofilaria immitis

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Heartworm
Nematoda
Filaroidea

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Trematoda Lifecycle Stages

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Egg, Miracidium, Sporocyst, Redia, Cercaria, +/- Metacercaria

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Cyclophyllidea Larval Types

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Cysticercoids - 1 scolex, not invaginated
Cysticercus - 1 scolex, invaginated
Coenurus - Multiple scolices, invaginated
Hydatid Sac - Brood capsules with 100s-1000s of protoscolices (Unilobular or Multilobular)

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Pseudophyllidea Larval Types

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Procercoid - 1st IH

Plerocercoid - 2nd IH

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Nematoda Egg Types

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Oviparous - Single stage or morula
Ovoviviparous - Singe L1 larva
Larviparous - Eggs retained in uterus, “gives birth”

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