Infectious Stages Flashcards
Giardia
cysts
Cystoisospora
sporulated oocyst
sarcocystis
intermediate host ingests sporocyst
definitive host ingests sarcocyst
hepatozoon americanum
tick with oocysts
toxoplasma gondii
bradyzoites/sporulated oocyst
neospora caninum
sporulated oocysts
dipylidium caninum vector and infectious stage
vector (arthropod - flea)
cysticercoid
taenia spp.
larval cysts
Dioctophyma renale
ingestion of egg in paratenic or intermediate host
Dirofilaria immitis
vector (mosquito) with L3
spirocerca lupi
ingestion of L3
strongyloides sercoralis
infectious L3 via soil/water
transmammary infection (dogs)
trichuris vulpis “whipworm”
ingestion of egg
tritrichomonas foetus
oocysts
toxocara canis “round worm”
ingestion egg with L3
prenatal/transplacental of L3