Para2-Nematodes Flashcards

(40 cards)

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Order Enoplida general features

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No phasmids
Stichosome/Moniliform oesophagus
Anterior part narrower than posterior
L1 infective stage

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Genus Trichinella

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ZOONOTIC

  • T.spiralis, T.pseudospiralis
  • Very small
  • Male with genital claspers
  • L1 infective stage, in striated muscle
  • Autoheteroxenus cycle
  • Viviparous female, shed L1 (has stylet)
  • Can create “nurse cells” when encysting
  • Domestic or Sylvatic Life cycle
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Genus Trichuris

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  • “Whip Worms” Intestinal, mainly caecum
  • T.ovis, T.skrjabini, T.discolor, T.globuosa in ruminants
  • T.Suis in pigs
  • T.vulpis in canids
  • T.campanula, T.serrata in cats
  • T.trichiura in human
  • Long, narrow oesophagus
  • Head on narrower part
  • Lemon-shaped eggs with polar plugs, unembryonated
  • Male have curved tail and spicular sheat, one spicule
  • Eggs with L1, infective stage
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Genus Capillaria

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  • In birds and mammals intestines, sometimes bladder
  • C.caudinflata, C.concorta in birds
  • C.plica, C.feliscati, C.hepatica, C.aerophila in mammals
  • short and narrow
  • Males have spicule, non-spinous sheath
  • Barrel-shaped eggs with polar plugs, dark brown color
  • unembryonated eggs, L1 is infective stage
  • Mammal species have direct L.C
  • Bird species have indirekt or direct L.C
  • Earthworms are I.H and paratenic host
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Order Oxyurida general features

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  • Oxyriform oesopagus
  • small to medium size
  • Mouth with Three large and Three small lips
  • Males with single spicule, precloacal pappilae
  • Female longer than males, log pointed tail
  • Operculated eggs with one flat side
  • L3 is infectious stage
  • In large intestine and rectum
  • Eggs laid in rectum during night, itching
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Genus Passalurus

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  • In lagomorphs

* P.ambiguus

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Genus Oxuris

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  • In horses

* O.equi

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Genus Enterobius

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  • In human

* E.vermicularis

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Order Spirurida general features

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“Heart/blood worms”
Ovo-viviparous or viviparous females
Anterior part of body ornamented
Males have ventrally curled tail

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Genus Dirofiliaria

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*“Heart worm”
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*Right ventricle and pulmonary artery
*Female sheds microfilariae into blood stream
*Travels to peripheral vessels during night ->mosquitoes

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Genus Acanthoheilonema

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In canids
Not pathogenic
Microfiliariae in blood, needs to be destinguished fron Dirofilaria

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Genus Ascarops

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In swine stomach
Straight pharynx with spirals
Male have curled tail

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Genus Strongyloides

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ZOONOTIC
*In most animals, Small intestine
*S.papillosus in ruminants and rabbits
*S.westeri in horses and pigs
*S.ransomi in swine
*S.stercolaris in humans ans carnivores, eggs eclosionate in intestine
*S.cati in cats
S.avium in birds
*small
*Females parasitic, lay egg by parthenogenesis
*Alternating Life cycle (free-living vs parasitic)Homogonic vs heterogonic
*Parasitic stage: adult female in small intestine)
*Larvated eggs with thin shell shed in faeces
*L1 have rhabditiform esophagus (malesfemales)
*L3 has filariform esophagus, infective (female)
*Hyperinfection and autoinfection has been described

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Order Ascaridida general features

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Mouth with Three lips
Males with two spicules
Eggs with thick Shell
In small intestines

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Genus Ascaris

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In swine and man
Eggs with thick pitted Shell “turtle-shell”
Male have curled tail

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Genus Toxocara

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ZOONOTIC (Visceral Larva Migrans)
Canids, felids, cattle
Pigmented egg content, pitted outer Shell
Cervical alae

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Genus Toxascaris

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ZOONOTIC (Visceral Larva Migrans)
Canids and Felids
Eggs with pale egg content smooth outer Shell
Cervical alae

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Genus Parascaris

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In horses
Eggs with thick pitted Shell, dark Brown color
Curled tail in males

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Genus Anisakis

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ZOONOTIC
In stomach of marine mammals
L3 with tooth on head, mucron at tail end

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Genus Ascaridia

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In small intestine of birds
Non bursated males, alae and precloacal sucker
Eggs oval with smooth Shell, less content

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Genus Heterakis

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In caecum of birds
Non bursated males with alae, precloacal sucker
Eggs with smooth Shell, more content
Smaller than Anisakis

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Order Strongylida general features

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Three superfamilies
Strongyliform oesophagus
Males with copulatory bursa
Strongyle type eggs

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Genus Ostertagia/Teladorsagia

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In abomasum of ruminants
Females with large vulvar flap, ovijectors
Long, thin spicules of similar shape
“Good weather forecasters”

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Genus Haemonchus

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In abomasum of ruminants
Female with large vulvar flap, “barbers-pole”
Males have barbed spicules, asymmetrical dorsal lobule

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Genus Nematodirus
In duodenum/small intestine of ruminants Long, slender spicules with fused tips Eggs large and ovoid, thin Shell, colourless, >16 blastomeres
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Genus Trichostrongylus
In small intestine of ruminants, also birds Small and very thin Male have short asymmetrical spicules
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Genus Dictyocaulus
Great lungworm of ruminants and horses Males with short copuatory bursa, s-shaped undulating spicules Ovo-viviparous females Eggs with fully developed lvae, fast hatching=L1 in faeces
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Genus Ancylostoma
ZOONOTIC (visceral Larva Migrans) In small intestine of carnivores Anterior part distinctly curved "hookworms" Large buccal capsule with 3 pairs of marginal teeth
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Genus Uncinaria
ZOONOTIC (Visceral Larva Migrans) In small intestine of carnivores Chitinous cutting plates on buccal capsule Males have copulatory bursa and culed tail end
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Genus Oesophagostomum
In small intestine of ruminants and swine "nodular worm" due to nodules when reinfected Cephalic and cervical vesicles, alae, papilla
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Genus Chabertia
In large intestine of rumnants | Very developed buccal capsule
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Genus Strongylus
In large intestine of horses Very common and important have 0-4 teeth Larval migratory routes
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Genus Muellerius/Cystocaulus/Neostrongylus/Protostrongylus
Small lungworms of ruminants | Differentiated due to tail appendices
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Genus Metastrongylus
Lungworm of swine In diaphragmic lobes of lung and bronchi Larvated eggs in faeces Male with coulatory bursa and long spicule
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Genus Aelurostrongylus
Lungworm of felids | Ornamentation at end of tail
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Genus Angiostrongylus
Lungworm of canids | Tail with dorsal and ventral notches
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Order Dioctophymatida, Doctophyme renale
* In parenchyma and renal pelvis of fish-eating carnivores * Largest known nematode <1m * Blood erd color, hematophagous * Male with copulatory bursa and one spicule * Barrel-shaped eggs with thick pitted Shell, unembryonated * Eggs develop in water * Occlusionate in I.H (parasitic annelids og caryfish), * L4 penetrates intestinal wall-> kidney of D-H * Frogs and freshwater fish is paratenic host
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Order Rhabditida general features
* With phasmids * Rhabditiform esophagus * Small buccal capsule with 3-6 lips * Female with reduced reproductive organs * Alternate prasitic and free-living phases
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Genus Habronema
* Habronema Muscae * Mucosa of Equine stomach * Yellow-orange color * Elongated transparent eggs, thin Shell * Eggs eclosionate in stomach/intestine * L1 ingested by larvae of fly, L3 in proboscis * L3 is laid in lips of horses * Gastric or cutaneous Hebronematosis * L3 can be laid in difefrent places, but cannot evolve
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Genus Thelazia
* In conjuctival sac and lacrimal duct * T.gulosa, T.rhodesi, T.skrjabini in cattle * T.alfortensis, T.lacrymalis in horses * T.californiensis, T.callipeda in carnivores * Thin, small, whitish * Viviparous females * L1 ingested by flies, eggs laid in D.H by flies contain L3