Parasites Flashcards
What are roundworms treated with?
Pyrantel + Fendendazole
What is the most common roundworm in dogs and cats?
Toxocara Canis
What are the most common ways to become infected with roundworms?
Fecal-oral + Transplacental
What zoonotic disease is caused by roundworms?
Ocular larval migrans
What zoonotic disease is caused by Hookworms?
Cutaneous larval migrans
How do we treat hookworms?
Pyrantel + Fenbendazole
What are the most common ways to become infected with hookworms?
Fecal-oral + transmammary
What are the most common hookworms?
Ancylostoma Caninum + Uncinaria Stenocephala
The name for Whipworms:
Trichuris Vulpis
What can severe infection of whipworms lead to?
Hyperkalemia + Hyponatremia (pseudo-Addison’s)
How are whipworms treated?
Fenbendazole
What do the whipworms eggs have that can differentiate them?
Bipolar plugs
What is the most common tapeworm in dogs and cats?
Dipylidium Caninum
What tapeworms can be ingested by predators by eating their prey?
Echinococcus granulosus + Taenia Spp.
How do we treat tapeworms?
Praziquantel
What is the most common Fluke in veterinary medicine?
Fasciola Hepatica “common liver fluke”
Which type of parasite requires snails as their intermediate host?
Flukes
How do we treat Flukes?
Albendazole
How do we treat Giardia?
Metronidazole + Fenbendazole
Which parasites are single-celled?
Coccidia
What the the most common coccidian form in dogs and cats?
Isospora
Which coccidian is seen most often in birds + rabbits?
Eimeria
How do we treat Coccidia?
Sulfadimethoxine
Which coccidian parasite causes hepatic coccidiosis in rabbits?
Eimeria Stiedai
