Nematodes Flashcards
Which sp of Ancylostomatoidea is most & least zoonotic?
A. braziliense (most)
Uncinaria (least)
Most common MOI for A. canimum which can cause severe issues in puppies?
Transmammary
Common name for Ancylostomatoidea?
Hookworms
Common signs of Ancylostomatoidea?
anemia & diarrhea
Which Ancylostomatoidea causes the least path? most path? (cats & dogs)
least: uncinaria- cutting plates
most: brazillense - teeth
Define resistance:
when there is a greater freq of ind w/in a pop able to tolerate doses of a medicine than in a normal pop of the same species and is heritable (due to drug exposure)
T/F: worms can survive drug tx prior to ever being exposed
T/F: drug exposure does not select for inherited resistant genes
T/F: The exposure of the drug to an already resistant worm does not change the levels of resistance genes in a population
True
False: drug exposure does indeed select for worms that carry the resistant gene to the drug
False: exposure of the drug to an already resistant worm population WILL increase the levels of resistant genes within that population
How to avoid resistance?
Decrease the anthelmintic use
Decrease parasite exposure to anthelmintic
Treat ONLY animals that are causing the problem or suffering from it (~20% of the population are norm the issue)
Refugia
McMaster test; consider the imp of the animal/ its job & the OK parasite load before Tx
Ultimately resistance can only be slowed down & never stopped
Refugia?
Parasites not exposed to anthelmintic
In environment/ in animal
DESTROYING REFUGIA = creating resistance
Another name for Small Strongyles?
Cyathostomins & all horses have them | imp of only tx OSIS & not ASIS
Predilection site for Strongyles?
Larval sites?
LI
Large Strongyles: migrate to organs
Cyathostomins: encyst w/i LI wall
DH/FH for Strongyles?
Horses
Of the large Strongyles: name the sp, ppp, path & predilection site.
S. vulgaris (6m) cranial mesenteric arteries/ clots & death
S. equines (9m) liver & abdominal tissue / anemia
S. edentatus (11m) liver & pancreas / anemia
Which Strongyles is the most resistant?
Cyathostomins; resistant to all drug classes / short PPP & massive pasture buildup
Cyathostomins: PPP & Path?
1-4 months
Larval CyathostominOSIS
Larval Emergence of L4 from encysted mucosa in the LI
Hypobiosis (~2.5 years) through winter & emerge in spring
chronic D/ prot loss/ colitis
There is a 4-5 wk old foal with diarrhea who’s fecal float showed Cyathostomin eggs, what is the most likely cause?
Caprophagia. Egg was ingested therefor no further dev of the egg / no OSIS/ not the source of the diarrhea
Forms of diagnosing Ancylostomatoidea;
Fecal Flotation if PPP allows
Clinical signs if less than PPP
Culture L3 if needed dev on location
Diagnosing & prevention of Cyathostomins & L.Strongyles:
Fecal Float (McMaster), Culture L3, Ultrasound, arteriography for migrants | Necropsy*- for adults
Tx high shedders & suffering from inf, clean up feces, mix grazing (use another animal to act as a vacuum), & donnot overstock // DONOT TX ALL bc resistance
Nodular or pimply worm:
Oesophagostomum
What are the FH/DF of Oesophagostomum?
Cattle, sheep, goats, & pigs
Predilection site , PPP, & path of Oesophagostomum?
LI; 3-8wks (PPR), L4 arrests and causes nodules in LI/SI = immune rxn instead of the prev of larvae development; low egg count in fecal floats bc L4 causing Dx
Chronic infection in older animals = accumulation of parasite load
Ruminants: Anorexia & diarrhea
Sow: anorexia, wt loss, dec. milk prod.
Forms of diagnosing & treatment of Oesophagostomum:
McMaster/ float / Culture L3 / Necropsy*
Deworm & Selective Tx
Animals do not dev strong immunity to infection;
Difficult to control
Oesophagostomum with what other parasite causes Poor sow syndrome?
Hyostongylus rubidus
A young bird presents for asphyxia, a fecal float shows a typical strongyle egg that is operculated, what is your primary differential? how was this bird most likely infected?
Syngamus trachea with predilection site of the trachea/ lungs
Ingestion of the PH earthworm
What is the common name for Syngamus trachea?
Gapeworm
In a necropsy of a wild fowl, there is a parasite in the trachea of the animal that is in the shape of a “Y”. What is the parasite and what would have been the best way to diagnose it?
Syngamus trachea & fecal float to find the eggs
Which group of animals would you most expect to see clinical signs with Oesophagostomum?
Cattle 2/3 years old
Parasites that cause Marocoon leather ?
Hyostrongylus rubidus in pigs &
Ostertagia ostertagi in cattle