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Parasites Flashcards

1
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What is Ctenocephalide Felis more commonly known as?

A

Cat flea

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What is Ctenocephalide Canis more commonly known as?

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Dog flea

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What is Trichodectes Canis more commonly known as?

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Biting louse of the dog

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What is Felicola subrostratus more commonly known as?

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Biting louse of the cat

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What is Otodectes cynotis more commonly known as?

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Ear mite

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What is Chyletiella more commonly known as?

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Walking dandruff

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What is sarcoptes?

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a mite that burrows under the son and lays eggs

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What is Demodex?

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cigar shaped inhabitants of hair follicles

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What is the technical name for a cat flea?

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Ctenocephalide Felis

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10
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What is the technical name for a dog flea?

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Ctenocephalide Canis

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What is the technical name for biting louse of the dog?

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Trichodectes canis

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12
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What is the technical name for biting louse of the cat?

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Felicola subrostratus

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13
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What is the technical name for an ear mite?

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Otodectes cynotis

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14
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What is the technical name for walking dandruff?

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Chyletiella

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15
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What parasite is wingless, laterally flattened, dark brown insects with specialised legs and adapted mouth parts for piercing skin and sucking blood?

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Ctenocephalides felis or canis

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16
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Which Ctenocephalide has the shorter front comb?

A

ctenocephalide canis

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17
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Which Ctenocephalide has a sloping forehead?

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Ctenocephalide Felis

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18
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Which Ctenocephalide species is more commonly found on mammals?

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Ctenocephalide felis

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19
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in the right conditions how long does the life cycle of Ctenocephalides felis or canis take?

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12 days

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20
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What are the stages of the Ctenocephalides life cycle?

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Egg stage
Larval stage
Pupal stage
Adult stage

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21
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What parasite has bell shaped suckers on the end of unjointed pedicles?

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Otodectes cynotis

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22
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Where on the body would you normally find otodectes cynotis?

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the external ear canal

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23
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what colour are otodectes cynotis?

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White

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24
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What species are most commonly infected with otodectes cynotis?

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cats, dogs and ferrets

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how long is the normal life cycle of otodectes cynotis?

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18-21 days

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26
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What are the stages of the life cycle of otodectes cynotis?

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Egg stage
larvae stage
2 Nymph stages
Adult stage

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27
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What parasite has peg legs and spines on its dorsal surface and burrows into the stratum corneum of the skin to lay eggs?

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Sarcoptes scabiei

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28
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What species are most likely to be infected with Sarcoptes Scabiei?

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Foxes
Dogs
Horses
Cats 
Rabbits
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29
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What are the life cycle stages of the Sarcoptes Scabiei?

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Egg
Larvae
Nymphs
Adult mite

30
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How long is the life cycle of Sarcoptes Scabiei?

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18-21 days

31
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What parasite is cigar shaped with legs that are arranged in pairs at the from of the body?

32
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how long is the life cycle of demodex?

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approximately 21 days

33
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Where do demodex usually live on the body?

A

hair follicles

34
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What parasite lives on the skin and has large claw life mouth parts?

A

Cheyletiella

35
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What species is Cheyletiella most commonly found on?

A

cats
dogs
rabbits

36
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How long is the life cycle of cheyletiella?

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18-21 days

37
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what are the stages in the life cycle of cheyletiella?

A

egg
larva
nymph
adult mite

38
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What are Nematodes?

A

Thread like roundworms

39
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What are Ascarids?

A

the largest round worms

40
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What are Cestodes?

A

Flat tapeworms

41
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What are Trematodes?

A

Flukes or flat worms

42
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What is a Parasite?

A

one eukaryotic organism living off another (the host) to the advantage of the parasite

43
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What is an Ectoparasite?

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Lives on the outside of the host

44
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What is an Endoparasite?

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Lives inside the host

45
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What is a Eukaryote?

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An organism in which the chromosomes are enclosed in a nucleus (this includes animals, plants and fungi)

46
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What is a direct life cycle?

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the parasite passes directly from one host to the next without having to infect an alternative or intermediate host

47
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What is an indirect life cycle?

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the parasite requires one of more intermediate hosts to complete its life cycle

48
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What is a Definitie host?

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the primary host in which the parasite reaches maturity and of applicable reproduces sexually

49
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What is an intermediate host?

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the secondary host in which the parasite undergoes some stages of its development but without sexual reproduction

50
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What is a Paratenic host?

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An organism in which the parasite can survive but does not develop further

51
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What is a Vector?

A

an organism that can physically transmit a parasite from one host to another

52
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What is pediculosis?

A

infection with lice

53
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What is Dipylidium Caninum more commonly known as?

54
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What is Ixodes canisuga more commonly known as?

55
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What are the most common ticks seen on small animals, horses and sheep and hedgehogs?

A

Ixodes ricinus

Ixodes hexagonus

56
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what is Ixodes ricinus more commonly known as?

A

Sheep tick

57
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what is Ixodes hexagonus more commonly known as?

A

Hedgehog tick

58
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What is the name of the infection that ticks transmit that causes lyme disease?

A

Borrelia Burgdorferi

59
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what is the technical term for tapeworms?

60
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What is the technical term for roundworms?

61
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What are Flukes?

A

worms found in the liver of sheep and cattle

62
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What are protozoal parasites?

A

small unicellular organisms

63
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What are Helminths?

64
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What is Echinococcus granulosus?

A

Tapeworm found in dogs

65
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What is Dipylidium caninum?

A

Tapeworm found in cats and dogs

66
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What is a scolex of a tapeworm?

67
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What is the scolex used for?

A

To attach to the hosts intestine using suckers and the rostellum where present

68
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What is the rostellum of a tapeworm?

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The anterior part of the scolex, present in most tapeworms; it is a protrusible cone and is armed with hooks in some species

69
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What is the strobila in tapeworms?

A

The chain of individual segments

70
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What is the proglottid in tapeworms?

A

The name for each individual segments that makes up the strobila

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