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Intro to Helminths Flashcards

1
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Are helminths ecto or endoparasites?

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Endoparasites

  • acanthocephala
  • nematoda
  • platyhelminthes
    • cestoda and trematoda
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________ and _______ are long, non segmented

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Acanthocephalan and nematode

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3
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Cestodes have ______ bodies

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Long, segmented

- flat

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4
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Trematodes are _______ shaped

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Leaf-like/petal shaped

- flat

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5
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Acoelomate

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All parenchyma, no body cavity

  • trematodes
  • cestodes
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Pseudocoelomate

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Have a body cavity, but the mesoderm does not coat the organs (are more likely to move around)

  • nematodes
  • acanthocephalans
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7
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Trematodes have a _____ digestive tract

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Partial

- cecum does not have a direct opening to the outside

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Cestodes have _____ digestive tract

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No!

  • no mouth opening = no digestive tract
  • acquire nutrients via absorption thru integument
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9
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Nematodes have a ________ digestive tract

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Complete

- feeding mechanism with an excretory system

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Dioecious

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Split, separate sexes

  • clear male and female with their own repro organisms
  • thorny headed worms and nemotodes
  • males smaller than females
  • heartworm males have a coiled tail and are smaller
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Monoecious

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Hermaphrodites

  • one body system, one set of repro organisms
  • cestodes: every segment is its own living entity
  • trematodes: contain both sets of repro tracts
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General characteristics of nematodes

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  • long, round, unsegmented
  • pseudocoelomate
  • complete digestive tract
  • dioecious
    (barber pole worm)
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General characteristics of cestodes

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  • long, dorsoventrally flat, segmented
  • acoelomate
  • lack digestive tract
  • monoecious
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General characteristics of trematodes

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  • dorsoventrally flattened, unsegmented
  • acoelomate
  • incomplete digestive tract
  • monoecious
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15
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What is the one exception of monoecious trematodes?

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Schistosomes

  • present in dogs, male and females are separate, but they have a close relationship
  • females lie in canal of the male
  • usually found in veins
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16
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General characteristics of acanthocephalans

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  • long, round, unsegmented
  • pseudocoelomate
  • lack digestive tract
  • dioecious
17
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No body cavity, solid with embedded structures, body usually flattened

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Cestodes and Trematodes

18
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Body cavity, coelom or pseudocoelom, body usually cylindrical

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Acanthocephala and nematoda

19
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Anterior end armed with proboscis, no digestive tract

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Acanthocephala

20
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No proboscis, digestive tract present

21
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No digestive tract, segmented body

22
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Digestive tract, no segmentation

23
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Acanthocephala

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Thorny headed worms

  • long, cylindrical
  • anterior spiny proboscis
  • no digestive tract
  • pseudocoelomates (hydrostatic system)
24
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Hydrostatic system

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Pushes proboscis in and out
- if the worm is in the intestine, then the thorny head is used for attachment = lesion that goes thru the intestine (peritonitis)

25
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Acanthocephalans are _______

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Dioecious

- female is larger!!

26
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General acathocephalan life cycle

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Mature adults in DH intestine, produce eggs –> eggs shed in feces –> eggs in environment, contain acanthor –> IH ingests eggs with acanthor –> acanthor (infective stage) –> acanthella –> cystacanth (infective stage for definitive host) –> DH ingests IH

27
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Acanthocephalans cause disease due to their _____

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Proboscis

  • amount of inflammation or other damage depends on various factors (inclu proboscis morphology)
  • clinical signs are rare unless perforate intestines
28
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Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus

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  • DH: swine
  • IH: grubs (larvae)
  • -> dung beetle, may beetle, water beetle (also adult beetles)
  • may be zoonotic
29
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M. hirudinaceus life cycle

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DH: adult worms in SI –> eggs in environment –> IH: dung beetles –> DH ingests IH
- PPP: 2-3 months

30
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M. hirudinaceus pathogenesis and clinical signs

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Usually asymptomatic

  • possible GI signs
  • enteritis/pain, decrease feeding or weight gain, diarrhea
31
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M. hirudinaceus diagnosis

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Eggs in pig feces, requires dense, high SG float solution
- almond shaped
- multiple layers
- dark brown
Recovery adult throny-headed worms at necropsy

32
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Must differentiate M. hirudinaceus from _______

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Ascaris suum (nematode)
- look for proboscis
33
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M. hirudinaceus treatment and control

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No approved anthelmintics

  • ivermectin, some benzimidazoles
  • control intermediate hosts
  • regular disposal of feces
34
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Macracanthorhynchus ingens

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DH: mainly raccoons
IH: milipedes
- similar life cycle to M. hirudinaceus
- no clinical signs
- off-label treatment (ivermectin)
35
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Must differentiate Macracanthorhynchus ingens from

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Cestodes

  • ex: taenia spp in dogs
  • also some large nematodes

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