Exercise 15: Family Trichostrongylidae Flashcards

1
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Adults occur in the abomasum of sheep, goat, and infrequently cattle

A

Haemonchus contortus

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Also known as the twisted stomach worm, wire worm or barber’s pole worm, caused by the ovaries spirally wound around the intestines

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Haemonchus contortus

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3
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It is blood sucking

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Haemonchus contortus

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4
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Buccal cavity is mall and armed with a curved dorsal lancet

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Haemonchus contortus

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Copulatory bursa: dorsal lobe is pramedian in position, arising close to the left lateral lobe

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H. contortus male

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6
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Presence of spicules

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Male H. contortus

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Ligualiform anterior flap covering the vulva

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Haemonchus contortus female

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8
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Eggs of H. contortus resemble those of

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Strongylus spp

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9
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Occurs in abomasum of cattle

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H. similis

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10
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Both species occur in Philippines

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H. contortus
H. similis

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11
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Occurs in the abomasum of cattle and carbaos in the Philippines

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Mecistoccirus digitatus

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12
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Vulva opens near the anus

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Mecistocirrus digitatus

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13
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Spicules which are long and slender and united for almost their entire length

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Mecistocirrus digitatus

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14
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Genus Characterized by transveresly striated and often inflated cuticle of the head region

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Cooperia

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15
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Occur in small intestines and rarely abomasum of ruminants

A

Cooperia

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16
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9 mm or less (small)

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Cooperia

17
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Occur in small intestines and rarely abomasum or ruminants

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Cooperia

18
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Spicules have prominent wing

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Cooperia

19
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Cooperia spp occuring in the Philippines:

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Cooperia curticei- cattle
Cooperia punctata- cattle
Cooperia pectinuta- cattle

20
Q

Occurs in small intestine of water buffalo causing nodule formation

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Paracooperia nodulosa

21
Q

Very small worms and buccal cavity not well defined or absent. There is prominent excretory pore

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Trichostronglyus

22
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Trichostrongylus occuring in the Philippines

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T. longispicularis- SI, cattle & sheep
T. colubriformis- SI sometimes abomasum of ruminants, rabbits, pig, dog, man
T. capricola- SI, sheep & goats
T. axei- abomasum of ruminants, stomach of horses, pigs and man