Parasites & Disease Transmission

Question 1

Cat scratch disease

• causal agent
• transmission

Answer 1

Bartonella henselea bacterium

Flea spreads from cat-cat
Infected flea picked up in claws when grooming
Not normally pathogenic to cats
Can be transmitted to humans

Question 2

Feline infectious anaemia

• causal agent
• transmission

Answer 2

Mycoplasma haemofelis bacterium
- erythrocyte parasite

Transmitted cat-cat via flea bite

Question 3

Feline infectious enteritis

• causal agent
• transmission

Answer 3

Parvovirus spp.

Shed through various body fluids
Flea is a vector

Question 4

Dipylidium caninum transmission (2)

Answer 4

Flea and trichodectes louse intermediate hosts
Eggs in environment ingested by larvae
Adult flea ingested during grooming

Zoonotic

Question 5

Lyme disease

• causal agent
• transmission & req. period

Answer 5

Borrelia burgdorferi bacterium

Transmitted via tick bite
Larvae picks up infection from small mammal
Zoonotic

Usually needs to be attached to host 36-48hrs to transmit

Question 6

Babesiosis

• causal agent
• transmission
• effect on host

Answer 6

Babesia spp. Parasitic Protozoa

Infects canine erythrocytes
Transmitted via tick bite
Originated from small mammals
Zoonotic

Causes anaemia