Nematodes 4-7 Flashcards
Thelazia sp.
Eyeworm (dogs, horses, cattle, humans)
Spirocerca lupi
Esophageal worm in dogs
Physaloptera sp.
Stomach/Intestinal worm in many species
Habronema sp. and Draschia sp.
Equine stomach worms
Dirofilaria immitis
Heartworm in dogs and cats
Acanthocheilonema reconditum
Dog filaria worm (non-pathogenic)
Ascaris suum
Pig ascarid- mammilated eggs
Ascaris lumbricoides
Human roundworm
Parascaris equorum
Horse roundworm
Toxocara canis
Dog ascarid- transplacental and transmammilary
Toxocara cati
Cat ascarid- no transplacental
Toxascaris leonina
Dogs and cats ascarid- no prenatal at all
Baylisascaris procyonis
Raccoon roundworm- egg mammilated
Anisakis sp.
Marine mammal
Heterakis gallinarum
Bird cecal worm- has Histomonas meleagridis
Ascaridia galli
Poultry and wild bird small intestine
Oxyuris equi
Horse pinworm- adults and eggs on rectum
Pelodera sp.
Dermatitis in dogs, cattle, humans, ect
Micronema deletrix
Horse and human CNS
Strongyloides sp.
Dogs and primates, ruminants, horses
Elaeophora schneideri
Arterial worm of deer
Onchocerca reticulata
Neck and leg threadworm of horses, Poll evil and fistulous withers
Ochocerca volvulus
river blindness in humans
Dracunculus sp.
Dogs, raccoons, mink, human- ingest copepod, blister released L1 in one year
Trichinella spiralis
Pigs, humans, rodents- lives in striated muscle
Trichuris sp.
Whipworms in dogs, swine, humans
Dictyophyma renale
Giant kidney worm of dogs - right kidney