Intestinal Parasites Flashcards
Nematodes are? And are diagnosed via?
Large worms
Fecal float with zinc centrifugation
Roundworms
Most common in dog/cat - toxocara canis
Toxocara canis causes?
Ocular larva migrans
Zoonotic disease
Toxocara is treated with?
Piperazine
Pyrantel
Fenbendazole
Toxocara transmission via?
Fecal oral route
Transplacental infection is most common
Toxocara lives in?
Small intestine
Hookworms; most common?
Ancylostoma cranium and uncinaria stenocephala
Ancylostoma and uncinaria stepnocephala causes?
Cutaneous larva migrans
Zoonotic disease
What is percutaneous infection?
Larva migrate through skin to lungs then passed down to small intestine
Hookworm treatments?
Fenbendazole
Pyrantel
Hookworms can cause?
Severe anemia due to hemorrhagic diarrhea
Hookworm transmission?
Fecal oral
Transmammary in puppies
Percutenous infections
Whipworms are? And include?
Large intestinal parasites
Eggs have large bipolar plugs on ends
Trichuris vulpis
Transmitted via?
Fecal oral route
Causes?
Hyperkalemia, hyponatremia (pseudo-Addison)
Treatment?
Fenbendazole
Prevented with Milbemycin
Cestodes
Parasitic flatworms
Tapeworms
Dipylidium canimun most common in dog/cat- requires flea as intermediate host, then flea is swallowed
Echinococcus granulosus and Taenia spp.
Tapeworms are flat segmented referred to as proglottids that resemble grains of rice
Treatment?
Praziquantel
