Laboratory diagnoses of helminth infections. Fasciolosis, dicrocoeliosis and paramphistomatidosis Flashcards
How many forms of Fasciola larvae appear only inside the body of intermediate host>
2
What is the most important intermediate host of F. hepatica in Europe?
Galba truncatula
Which animal is the most susceptible for Fasciola infection?
Sheep
What is the best way to detect lancet fluke eggs in faeces?
Flotation
What is the larval stage of Paramphistomum that can swim in water?
Its saying both miracidium and cercaria
What age of sheep is most susceptible for acute Fasciolosis?
Lambs under 8 months
What is the most frequent consequence of Dicrocoelium infection in cattle?
Symptomless
What term characterizes rumen flukes?
Suckers at both ends
Pinkish body
Bisexual
Hemaphrodite
What larval form is missing during development of lancet flukes?
redia
How many larval forms of lancet fluke appear only inside the body of snail?
1
What snail can be an intermediate host of Paramphistomum cervi?
Planorbis planorbis
Which animal is least susceptible for Fasciola infection?
Cat
What is the way to detect fluke eggs in feces?
Sedimentation
What is the larval stage of Dicrocoelium that develops in ants?
Metacercaria
Which age of sheep is the most affected by chronic Fasciolosis?
After 1 year
What is the colour of mucosa of lips during acute Fasciolosis?
Normal, pink
What characterizes lancet flukes?
Flat body
Hermaphrodite
What organ do the young rumen fluke attach to first, on the course of infection?
Duodenum
How many larval stages of Dicrocoelium can actively move in the environment?
0
What are the intermediate hosts for both Fasciola and Calicophoron flukes?
Galba truncatula snails
What are the second intermediate host of lancet flukes?
Ant species
How many Fasciola metacercariae are needed to cause acute infection in cattle?
More than 1000 are enough
What does the fresh egg of Calicophorn fluke contain?
Zygote
What is the colour of liver fluke egg?
Yellow
What genus has the longest praepatent period in the final host?
Paramphistomum
What is the species that never causes acute form of a disease?
Dicrocoelium dendriticum
Which term characterizes Fasciola flukes?
Flat body
Head cone
This is not absolutely necessary for the development of lancet fluke.
Redia stage
Water
Freshwater snail
** or is it second intermediate host??
Which fluke is the largest?
F. hepatica
What are the steps of the lifecycle of F. hepatica?
MI - SPO - RE1 - RE2 - CE
How big is Fasciola hepatica adult?
2-3cm
How is the shape of the Fasciola hepatica?
Leaf-like
Which species develops with two intermediate hosts?
D. dendriticum
Which species has 40-50 μm, sized, brownish eggs?
Other
How can you diagnose acute Fasciolosis?
With necroscopy
You can find a few mm long worms in the liver parenchyma. This is.
F. hepatica
The life cycle of … MI-SPO-RE1-RE2-CE.
F. hepatica
Which species is 140-150 μm long, and colourless?
Paramphistomum cervi
How can you diagnose chronic paramphistomatidosis?
With sedimentation
You can find a few mm long worms in ductus choleductus. This is…
D. dendriticum and F. hepatica
What is the intermediate host of Paramphistomum species?
Planorbids
What is the intermediate host of Calicophoron daubneyi?
Galba truncatula
What is the lifecycle of F. hepatica in Lymnaea peregra snail?
None
What is the family of the Fascicola?
Trematodes
What technique do you use to measure the size of the parasites?
Micrometry
Which technique concentrates fluke eggs?
Sedimentation
What is the host spectrum of Fasciola hepatica?
Wide!! mostly herbivorous mammals
and humans
What is another name for Fasciola hepatica?
Common liver fluke
What kind of method is used to detect Fasciola hepatica egg?
Sedimentation or flotation
Where can you find the adult form of Fasciola hepatica?
In the bile duct and gall bladder
Where can you find the juvenile form of Fasciola hepatica?
Penetrates the intestine and migrates to the liver via the abdominal cavity
After the death of F. hepatica flukes what can be found?
Fibrotic tracts or necrotic areas on the liver
What are special about the diagnosis of acute Fasciolosis?
No eggs in the faeces
How can you treat the Fasciolosis?
Triclabendazole
What is the main source of heavy Fasciolosis?
Secondary biotopes
What is the size of the eggs of F. hepatica?
120-150 μm
Which colour of the eggs does Fasciola hepatica have?
Golden yellow
What does the Fasciola hepatica eggs contain?
Zygote