Parasites

Question 1

T/F: you should haphazardly de-worm and rely on a single product

Answer 1

False.

Question 2

What is another name for ascarids?

Answer 2

roundworms

Question 3

How are ascarids transmitted?

Answer 3

ingesting larvae from grass, feed, or H2O

Question 4

What body parts do ascarids inhabit?

Answer 4

small intestines, heart, lungs, liver

Question 5

symptoms of ascarids

CADLC BUPO

Answer 5

poor coat, distended abdomen, coughing, diarrhea, lethargy, general unthriftiness, chronic coughing, bronchitis, pneumonia, intestinal obstructions/ruptures

Question 6

How are bots ingested?

Answer 6

eggs on hair & licked

Question 7

The life of bots

Answer 7

licked > burrow into mouth & throat > swallow > attach to stomach lining > pooped adults

Question 8

The path of ascarids

Answer 8

eggs in digestive tract & pooped out for hatching

Question 9

Symptoms of bots

MCUICPT

Answer 9

mouth irritation & inflammation, pain w/chewing & swallowing. ulcers, impaction, colic, peritonitis, tail rubbing

Question 10

The path of pinworms

Answer 10

live in large intestines > eggs under & around tail > eggs deteriorate outside

Question 11

What is the most damaging parasite?

Answer 11

large strongyles

Question 12

What is another name for large strongyles

Answer 12

blood worms

Question 13

The path of large strongyles

Answer 13

perforate sml intestine, cecum & colon > enter arteries > suck blood > lay eggs in colon & cecum

Question 14

How are large strongyles ingested?

Answer 14

ingest larvae from infected feed/H2O

Question 15

symptoms of large strongyles

ACABLAPD

Answer 15

artery inflammation & blockage, anemia, aneurysm, colic, irreparable bowel damage, lameness, paralysis, death

Question 16

What is another name for small strongyles?

Answer 16

Cyathostominae

Question 17

Difference between life of small strongyles & large strongyles

Answer 17

Large strongyles go to arteries, small doesn’t

Question 18

T/F: Small strongyles are unaffected by dewormers & the environment

Answer 18

True

Question 19

Symptoms of small strongyles

FUCSUDD

Answer 19

fever, unthriftiness, failure to shed out, ulcers, severe diarrhea, colic, death

Question 20

What are two other names for tapeworms?

Answer 20

Flatworms or Cestodes

Question 21

How are tapeworms ingested?

Answer 21

a mite infected with eggs is infested through feed

Question 22

symptoms of tapeworms

CAUI

Answer 22

anemia, colic, unthriftiness, inflammation of intestines

Question 23

T/F: most deworming is effective for tapeworms

Answer 23

False, ~ 60% of the US is effected as well

Question 24

How are lungworms transmitted?

Answer 24

donkeys (natural carriers)

Question 25

Symptoms of Lung worms

C

Answer 25

persistent cough worse with exercise

Question 26

Symptoms of lyme disease

JBFMSLASE

Answer 26

joint pain, behavior change, low-grade fever, muscle pain/tenderness, increase skin sensitivity, skin lesions, lethargy, decrease appetite, eye inflammation (rare)

Question 27

What is another name anaplasma phagocytophilia?

Answer 27

equine granulocytic ehrlichiosis

Question 28

symptoms of anaplasma phagocytophilia

FDWCE

Answer 28

fever, depression, weakness, poor motor coordination, limb edema

Question 29

Describe equine protozoal myelitis (EPM)

Answer 29

parasitic migration in spinal cord causing signif. nerve damage

Question 30

cause of EPM

Answer 30

ingesting food/H2O w/animal poop w/sporocuts of EPM

Question 31

Symptoms of EPM

CGWHFHRSRH(ALAHU)

Answer 31

localized lack of coordination, gait abnormality, weakness/muscle atrophy, high head carriage, falling, head tossing, refusals, run-outs, reduction in stride, collapse hind, aggression, laziness, anxiety, hypersensitivity, unpredictability