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Nematodes Flashcards

1
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Ancylostoma caninum

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Hook worm

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Diagnosis of Ancylostoma caninum

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fecal float

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What do Ancylostoma caninum eggs look like?

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Oval w/ thin shells and multiple cell clusters

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Where do adult hook worms live?

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The small intestines

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How do hook worm larva infect newborns?

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may go into muscle dormancy and infect through milk

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How much daily blood loss can hook worms cause?

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0.1 ml

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Health concerns of hook worms (4)

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  1. Anemia
  2. diarrhea
  3. malabsorption
  4. cutaneous larva migrans
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Cutaneous larva migrans

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Larva and penetrate the skin and migrate

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Causative organisms of Cutaneous larva migrans (3)

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  1. Ancylostoma spp.
  2. Uncinaria spp.
  3. Strongyloides stercolaris
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10
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What is another name for cutaneous larva migrans?

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Creeping eruptions

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Syndrome

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clinical signs and symptoms accompanying a disease

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Syndrome in human with cutaneous larva migrans

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itchy, reddish, raised skin lesion that follows a serpentine pattern

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Syndrome in animals with cutaneous larva migrans

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anemia, diarrhea, malabsorption in puppies

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Incubation period for cutaneous larva migrans?

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2-3 days

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where are cutaneous larva migrans most likely to be found?

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Areas w/ warm moist climate and sandy soil

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how are cutaneous larva migrans transmitted?

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Skin contact w/ infective larva in soil contaminated w/ dog and cat feces

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How are cutaneous larva migrans treated?

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  1. Antiparasitics
  2. antipruritics
  3. antibiotics
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18
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what are some ways to control and prevent the transmission of cutaeous larva migrans? (3)

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  1. Regular deworming of dogs and cats
  2. Prohibition of dogs and cats on playgrounds and beaches
  3. Wear protective clothing when in contact with potentially contaminated soil
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19
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what are the 4 hook worm species?

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  1. Ancylostoma caninum
  2. Ancylostoma tubaeforme
  3. Ancylostoma brazilienze
  4. Uncinaria stenocephala
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20
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which hook worm are more prevelent in the PNW? Warmer climates?

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PNW - Uncinaria

Warmer climates - Ancylostoma

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21
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Toxocara canis

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round worm (ascarid)

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what is the appearence toxocara canis eggs?

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round w/ a thick, pitted shell

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other than GI where can toxocara canis travel?

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  1. Uterine

2. Mammary

24
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What is the leading cause of death in pups due to toxocara canis?

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migration of larva to the lungs

25
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what are health concerns with toxocar canins? (3)

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  1. Diarrhea
  2. Vomiting
  3. visceral larva migrans
26
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what damage can be cause by visceral larva migrans

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Damage to the body’s internal organs caused by a migrating roundworm larva

27
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Causative parasites of visceral larva migrans

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  1. Toxocara canis
  2. Toxocara cati
  3. Baylisascaris procyonis
28
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the syndrome in humans with visceral larva migrans

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asymptomatic or mild signs fever, cough, skin rash, abdominal pain, CNS abnormalities, ocular dz.

29
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what is the diagnosis for visceral larva migrans?

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  1. CBC
  2. serology
  3. ELISA test
30
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what are the 4 round worm species?

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  1. toxocara canins
  2. toxocara cati
  3. toxoscaris leonina
  4. baylisascaris procyonis
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Trichuris vulpis

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what is the appearence of the trichuris vulpis eggs?

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barrel-shaped w/ transparent plugs at each end

33
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where do the adult whipworms like to live in the host?

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the large intestine (cecum and Colon)

34
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why are tricuris vulpis infestations hard to treat? (2)

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  1. they are sporadic egg shedders

2. hang out in the colon and may not come into contact with paracitic meds

35
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Dirofilaria immitis

36
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where to Dirofilaria immitis like to live in the host?

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right side of the heart

37
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what can cause a false negative on heart worm test?

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few females present

38
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what are some ways to test for microfilaria in the blood? (4)

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  1. blood smear
  2. microhematocrit tube
  3. Knott’s test
  4. filter test
39
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what are some other ways to test for heart worm? (2)

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  1. antigen test

2. antibody test

40
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Strongylus vulgaris

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large strongyles

41
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what is the appearence of Strongylus vulgaris eggs?

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oval w/ thin shell and a multiple- cell cluster in the center

42
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where do Strongylus vulgaris migrate in the host? what can be the cause of this migration?

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  • migrate through wall of the cranial mesenteric artery

- Death

43
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Oxyuris equi

44
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what is the appearence of Oxyuris equi eggs?

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oval w/ a transparent plug at one pole

45
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where do pin worms like to lay their eggs?

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around the rectum

46
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Ostertagia ostertagi

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stomach worm

47
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what are some ways to diagnose Oxyuris equi? (2)

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  1. Baerman

2. scotch tape on the sides of the rectum

48
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what is the appearence of Ostertagia ostertagi eggs?

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typical strongyle eggs

49
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where do the adult Ostertagia ostertagi like to live in the host?

50
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what is the causative organism for trichinosis?

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Trichinella spiralis

51
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how is tricinosis aquired?

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eating inadequately cooked infected meat

52
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what is the Incubation period for tricinosis?

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5 to 15 days

53
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how is tricinosis diagnosed?

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  1. Syndrome
  2. serology
  3. muscle biopsy
54
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how is tricinosis treated? (2)

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  1. Antiparasitics

2. antiinflammatories

55
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how can you control or prevent tricinosis? (3)

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  1. Cook meat well or freeze it (for at least 20 days) before eating
  2. Cook garbage fed to swine
  3. Control rodents in swine rearing operations
56
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what is the syndrome for trichinosis in humans?

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  1. asymptomatic
  2. mild fever, muscle pain, swollen eyelids
  3. diarrhea, ocular pain and hemorrhage, CNS and cardiac abnormalities

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