Parasites Flashcards
Size of small strongyles vs Large strongyles
Small: 1.5 cm x 1 mm
Large: 1.5 - 4.5 cm x 2 mm
Morphologic difference between small and large strongyles
Large have a substantial buccal capsule that allow them to strongly attache to the mucosa. Smalls don’t have a strong buccal capsule
Mention the most important Strongyle subspecies (3)
- Vulgaris
- Edentatus
- Equinus
Where do this parasites migrate?
1. Vulgaris
2. Edentatus
3. Equinus
- Vulgaris: Blood vessels (cranial mesenteric artery)
- Edentatus: Liver and retroperitoneum
- Equinus: Liver and pancreas
Prepatent period of large strongyles
6-7 months
Prepatent period of small strongyles
6- 10 weeks
Prepatent period of:
1. S. edentatus
2. S. equinus
- 10-12 months
- 9 months
Describe life cycle of Strongylus vulgaris
Ingestion of L3
Absorbed small intestine
Travel blood vessels
Develop to L4
L4 gets to cecum and ventral colon
Adults - produce eggs
Eggs will feed from manure and convert to L1-L2-L3
Infecting again
Describe migration and stages of S. edentatus
S. edentatus: L3 is the one migrating, arrived to liver and develop to L4, when L4 will produce nodules that will break into large colon
Describe migration and stages of S. equinus
L4 is the one that will migrate and stay in pancreas, after mature will travel to large colon and become adult
Lessions that Strongylus vulgaris will cause in the GI
Verminous aneurysm or thromboembolism of the cranial mesenteric artery will result in ischemia of the GI
If you do a fecal float and see strongyles, how do you differentiate between small and large and which percentage will be each?
You cannot differentiate of the eggs are from small or large. But previous evidence will claim that about 95% will be small
Other than a fecal egg account, what other diagnosis you have to differentiate small vs large strongyles ?
Fecal culture - give conditions for the eggs to growth
PCR - will differentiate types of subfamilies of strongyles
Pathologic findings in Strongylus vulgaris
Hemomelasma ilei (1 cm haemorrhage in serosa of ileum)
Arterial thrombi
Arterial walls thickened or fibrosis
4 clases of dewormers used in horses
- Benzimidazoles : Fenbendazole
- Heterocyclic compounds: Piperazine
- Macrocyclic lactones: Iver/Moxide
- Tetrahydro-pyramidines : Pyrantel
Pre-patent period of small strongyles
6-10 weeks
Describe cycle of small strongyles
L3 ingestion - invade mucosa and submucosa of the cecum and ventral colon - EL3-LL3-EL4-LL4- adults - eggs - growth in manure - L1-L2-L3
For how long Strongyles eggs can live in the pasture?
> 2.5 years
When does small strongyles could cause a clinical problem?
When all the encysted died or emerge at the same time
When is the ideal season of the year for encysted strongyles to emerge?
Late winter, later summer and autumn
Pathological findings of small strongyles
Tubular glands in the large intestine leading to goblet cell hyperplasia
Hyperplasia and hypertrophy and destructions of the glands
How can you see if there is resistance to dewormers?
Fecal egg count reduction
How to perform fecal egg count reduction?
Before and after 2 weeks of the treatment:
EPG (preTX) - EPG (postTX) / EPG (preTx)/100=
> 90% pyrantel
>95% the rest
Do not do it if less 200 eggs initially
How does large strongyles travel thru the arteries?
They travel to the endothelium of the blood vessels
What’s the infective larve form of Parascaris?
L2
Clinical signs of Strongyloides in foals
- Diarrhea
- Frenzied syndrome (itchy because larvae are in skin)
Forma of transmission of Strongyloides westeri
- Skin
- Oral - mucous membranes
- Udder (skin or milk)
Prepatent period of Strongyloides westeri
14-16 days
How does a foal get Strongyloides westeri
Thru the milk that contains the larvae or sucking around and licking at the skin (larvae on the skin)
Reproductive characteristics of Strongyloides westeri cycle
It doesn’t need a male to fecund the egg
It can complete the cycle outside of the host
How does Strongyloides westeri travels from the sling to small intestine?
Skin, Blood vessels, heart, and small intestine
Describe cycle of Parascaris equorum
L2 infective form, swallow, small intestine, enteric circulation, liver l4, lungs, breaks in the capillaries of the alveoli, travel thru the trachea, cough, swallow and small intestine (adults)
Prepatent period of Parascaris
2 months
Deworming option for Parascaris
Fenbendazole