Nematoda Strongylida Flashcards
___________ egg is thin shelled, oval and 80x40um.
Uncinaria stenocephala egg is thin shelled, oval and 80x40um.
L3 Infective stage
Egg in feces
Fecal Float for DX
Adults large and thick bodied
Large buccal capsule with leaf crowns
Culture to L3 in order to differentiate
Egg thin shelled with morula
Superfamily Strongyloidea
Stephanurus dentatus eggs are found in the _________.
Stephanurus dentatus eggs are found in the urine.
____________ adults are less than 9mm long, reddish and normally coiled in the mucosa of small intestine
**Cooperia spp **adults are less than 9mm long, reddish and normally coiled in the mucosa of small intestine
__________ adults are white and range from 1-3cm in length.
Oesophagostomum spp adults are white and range from 1-3cm in length.
_____________ requires a freeze thaw period for the L3 to hatch.
**Nematodirus spp ** requires a freeze thaw period for the L3 to hatch.
Life Cycle of Ostertagia ostertagi
L3 enter abomasal glands and emerge as L5
Adult live in abomasum
L4 develop and arrest when environment is unfavorable
L3 can survive on pasture over winter

Life cycle of Dictyocaulus spp
Female pass egg
Hatch to L1 and coughed up and passed in feces
L3 infective
L3 migrages though intestinal wall
via lymph and blood travel to lungs

Uncinaria stenocephala is distributed in _____________.
Uncinaria stenocephala is distributed in cool climates.
Common name of Stephanurus dentatus is the _______________.
Common name of Stephanurus dentatus is the Kidney Worm.
___________ suffer more from Dictyocaulus filarial
Goats suffer more from Dictyocaulus filarial
____________ can be secondary to a primary health problem.
Ancylostoma caninum can be secondary to a primary health problem.
Common name of Haemonchus placei is _________.
Common name of Haemonchus placei is Barber pole worm.
The common name of Parelaphostrongylus tenuis is ____________.
The common name of Parelaphostrongylus tenuis is Meningeal worm.

Metastrongylus spp
Ancylostoma caninum is distributed in _________.
Ancylostoma caninum is distributed in warm climates.
Life cycle of Ancylostoma caninum
L 3 Ingested
Migrate and travel to small intestine to develop into adult or travel to skeletal muscle and enter state of arrested development.

Type II Ostertagia
Emergence of many immature adults at one time after arresting
Mortality high
Life Cycle of Oesophagostomum spp
L3 ingested and enter mucosa of large intestine
Enclose in nodules and molt to L4
L4 can remain in nodule for 1 year
L4 emerge and develop to adult in lumen

Common name for Syngamus trachea is the ________.
Common name for Syngamus trachea is the gapeworm.
Life cycle of Syngamus trachea
Larvae develop to L3 in egg
Ingest hatched L3, egg w/L3 or PH
Larvae encyst in PH
L3 migrate in bird from intestine to liver then to lungs
Develop to L4 in lungs then to L5 Form male/female pairs and migrate to trachea
Eggs are coughed up, swallowed and passed in feces

____________ is the most important parasite of cattle in the USA.
Ostertagia ostertagi is the most important parasite of cattle in the USA.
PPP of Aelurostrongylus abstrusus is _______.
PPP of Aelurostrongylus abstrusus is 6-12 weeks
Host of Uncinaria stenocephala
Dogs and Cats









