Nematodes (Spirurida and Enoplida) Flashcards
Describe the life cycle of Dracunculus insignis.
- Parasite of the SQ tissues
- Female is very large (up to 120 cm)
- Male is smaller (40 mm)
- When the female is fertilized the anus and vulva atrophy and a shallow ulcer is formed in the host skin at the location anterior to the worm
- When the ulcer becomes wet she prolapses her uterus and expels larvae into water
- PPP= 1 year
What are the IH, DH, and paratenic hosts of Drancunculus insignia?
DH: Raccoon* and other carnivores
IH: Cyclops (copepod)
PH: Frogs
Nodular stomach worms that have donut-shaped anterior end that is covered in spines
Gnathostoma spinigerium (Asia)
Describe the life cycle of Gnathostoma spp, including DH IH, and Paratenic host
- Adults are found in cystic nodules in the stomach
- Eggs are passed in 1 or 2 stage cells and develop to L2 in the water
- DH: Dogs and cats
- IH: Copepod (Cyclops) L3
- Paratenic: Amphibians, snakes, fish
- Migration of larvae causes a lot of damage
Describe the life cycle of Physaloptera spp.
- Parasites of the stomach of carnivores
- Mouth is flanked by pseudolabia and surrounded by a cuticular collar
- Adults are white or pink in color
- Live with the anterior end embedded in the mucosa
- Cause vomiting
- Life cycle:
- Female worms lay small, thick-walled eggs. Larvae in the eggs will develop to the infective stage in various dung beetles crickets and other insects
- Various cold-blooded animals are paratenic
What are the treatment options of Physalptera in dogs and cats?
50 mg/kg fenbendazole x 3 days (dogs)
0.2 mg/kg ivermectin (cats)
5 mg/kg pyrantel pamoate X2 doses 3 weeks apart
This parasite is found in the esophagus and rumen of cattle, other ungulates, and occasionally bears and pigs
Gonglyonema pulchrum- esophagus
Gonglyonema verrucosum- rumen
Usually harmless creatures
Describe the life cycle of Spirocera lupi, including hosts.
DH: Canids
IH: Dung beetles
Paratenic: Lizards, chickens, mice
When a dog ingests L3 they migrate to the adventitia of the visceral arteries and aorta to the walls of the esophagus & stomach
Ectopic nodules communicate with the lumen in the wall of the esophagus and/or stomach
What is the treatment of Spirocera lupi in dogs?
Milbemycin oxime (day 0, 7, and 28 days)
- Nodule disappeared between 95-186 days
- After no eggs seen after day 31 of the first treatment
What drug combination is used for the prevention of Spirocera lupi?
Milbemycin oxime + praziquantel monthly prevent 90% (Interceptor Plus)
What are the 3 most common stomach worms of horses in the USA?
Draschia megastoma, Habronema muscae, Habronema microstoma
Describe the life cycle of Habronema and Drashia spp.
- Larvae hatch from tiny eggs soon after they are laid; larvae or eggs present in feces
- Larvae are ingested by maggots and develop to L3 in 1 weeks
- IH: Musca domestica
- Habronema muscae
- Draschia megastoma
- IH: Stomoxys calcitrans
- Habronema microstoma
- Infective larvae accumulate in the labium
- When a fly lands on a warm moist surface, the larvae dispel
- Muzzle, ocular conjunctiva, cutaneous wounds
- Larvae are ingested and develop to adults in the stomach
- Those that enter through cutaneous lesions and form local granulomas
What is the treatment for Habronema and Draschia?
Ivermectin and Moxidectin
Where are the adult located in Pneumospirura sp. (canids)?
Parasites of the lungs
Superfamily Thelaziodea
Where do the adult nematodes reside in Metathelazia in canids?
Lungs
Superfamily Thelaziodea
What is the DH of Thelazia lachrymalis?
Horse
What are the DH of Thelazia skrjabini?
Horses and cattle
What is the DH of Thelazia gulsosa?
Cattle
What is the DH of Thelazia californiensis?
Dogs, sheep, and wild mammals
What is the IH for Thelazia sp. found in North America?
Outside North America in Japanese cattle?
North America: Musca autumnalis (Face fly)
Outside North America: Oriental face fly (Musca hervi)
What are the DH and I for Thelazia callipaeda in China and Italy?
DH: Human and Canines
IH: Fruit flies (Phortica and Amiota)
What are the IH for Thelazia californiensis?
Latrine flies; Fannia canicularis and Fannia benjamini
What are the treatments of Thelazia in cattle?
Doramectin 0.2 mg/kg SQ or IM
Tetramisole SQ 12.5-15 mg/kg
Levamisole 5mg/kg SQ or 1% aqueous solution
What are the treatments for Thelazia in dogs?
0.2 mg/kg Ivermectin SQ
1-2 drops moxidectin 1% OU
Topical moxidectin with imidacloprid (Advantage Multi)
Describe the life cycle of Dirofilaria immitus including with the IH
- Live in the pulmonary arteries
- Adults live up to 5 years
- 1/2 species in North America can transmit
- Larval development (L3) occurs in the Malpighian tubule before migrating to the salivary glands
- Molt to L4 (1.5 mm) 3 days after the bite and remain in the SQ and muscles of the abdomen or thorax for serval months
- Molt to L5 2-3 months after infection
- L5 migrate to pulmonary arteries by venous circulation (12-15 mm long)
- After reaching the right side of the heart the L5 (20-400 mm)mature and produce L1 6-9 months after infection
- 85-120 days after infection the are 3.2-11 cm
- Fertilized females occur 120 days post-infection, contain fully developed larvae 6 months after infection
- PPP=6-9 mths
- Microfilaria can live for up to 2.5 years
What parasite causes ocular and dermal dirofilariasis in Eurasia and Africa?
What are the DH and IH?
Dirofilaria repens
DH: Dogs
IH: Mosquitoes
What is the DH, IH of Oncocera cervicalis?
DH: Horses
IH: Culicoides
What is the difference in the location of adult versus microfilariae of Oncocerca cervicalis?
Adults: Deep connective tissue of nuchal ligament
Microfilariae: migrate throughout the SQ tissue of the dermis and connective tissue, including ocular conjunctiva
What is the treatment for Oncocera cervicalis?
Ivermectin IM- side effect is dying larvae can cause edema
Moxidectin
What is the DH and IH hosts of Oncocerca gutturosa?
DH: Cattle
IH: Simulium (Black flies) and Culicoides
What is the difference in the location of adult versus microfilariae of Oncocerca gutturosa?
Adults: Nuchal ligament
Microfilariae: dermis
What are the DH and IH are Onchocera lupi?
Where are the adults found?
DH: dogs
IH: Simulium tribulatum (black fly)
Adults are found in pea-sized subconjunctival granulomas or cysts in periocular tissue (SW USA)
What are the DH and IH for Onchocera lienalis?
DH: Cattle
IH: Simulium (Black fly) and Culicoides
What is the difference in location of the adults versus the microfilariae in Onchocera lienalis?
Adults: Connective tissue between spleen and rumen
Microfilariae: Dermis