Internal Parasites: Trematodes and Cestodes Flashcards
1
Q
What type of parasite is this?
- Flukes or flatworms
- Adults live in intestines, liver, lungs
- Eggs found in feces
- Large
- Oval
- Single operculum
A
Trematodes
2
Q
What parasite has this intermediate host?
- Larval stage found in snails and fish
A
Trematodes
3
Q
What trematode is this?
- Salmon poisoning in dogs
A
Nanophytes salmincola
4
Q
What trematode is this?
- liver fluke in cattle
A
Fasciola hepatica
5
Q
What trematode is this?
- Lung fluke
- Cats and dogs
A
Paragonimus kellicotti
6
Q
What type of parasite is this?
- Tapeworms
- Ribbon worms
- Segments - proglottids
- Head - scolex
- rare in humans
A
Cestode
7
Q
What are proglottids? (2)
A
- egg packets
2. passed in feces
8
Q
What parasite has these intermediate host?
- Larvae - arthropods, fish, and mammals
A
cestodes
9
Q
What type of cestode is this?
- Flea tapeworm of cats and dogs
A
Dipylidium caninum
10
Q
What type of cestode is this?
- Rabbit/rodent tapeworm
A
Taenia pisiformis
11
Q
What happens when tapeworms are treated with deworming medication?
A
tapeworm is digested
