Parasitic Disease

Question 1

What is Borrelia burgdorferi?

Answer 1

-Lyme disease
-host is ticks infected by white footed mouse and white tailed deer

Question 2

Borrelia burgdorferi in animals?

Answer 2

-often no clinical signs
-fever, anorexia, lameness, swollen joints, organ failure, CNS damage
-rash, serology 1 month after bite
-antibiotics
-tick check, repellent

Question 3

Borrelia burgdorferi in humans? 3 stages

Answer 3

1.) early, localized, flu like symptoms, bulls eye rash, appears 3 days to 1 month
2.) bacteria enter bloodstream, numb extremities, stick neck, facial paralysis, 2 weeks to 3 months after
3.) persistent infection, painful arthritis,meningitis, severe headaches, irregular heart rhythm, develops weeks to years
-rash, serology
-antibiotics
-no vaccine, insect repellent, tick check

Question 4

What is Yersinia pestis?

Answer 4

-plague
- in animals an humans
-rats are carriers due to infected fleas
-clinical signs, fluid analysis
-antibiotics
-rodent and flea control

Question 5

What is the bubonic plague?

Answer 5

-swollen, blackened lymph nodes, aches, exhaustion
-75% mortality if not treated

Question 6

What is the pneumonic plague?

Answer 6

• lungs
  -aerosolized; contagious from person to person
  -90 % mortality if not treated

Question 7

What is septicemic plague?

Answer 7

-Blackened skin
-usually fatal

Question 8

What is toxoplasma gondii?

Answer 8

-toxoplasmosis
-feces, raw meat, inhalation of oocytes (litter box), transplacental
-animals rarely get sick
-biopsy, fluid analysis
-treatment not usually necessary
-eat cooked meat, good hygiene, keep litter boxes clean

Question 9

What is giardia?

Answer 9

-two phases cysts and trophozoites
- cysts live in environment for months
-humans and almost all animals are carriers
-found in water dirt feces
- fecal to oral transmission
-direct smear, serology, rapid snap test
-treatment not always needed, antibiotics, disinfecting
-good hygiene, safe water, do not make out with puppies

Question 10

What is sarcoptic mange?

Answer 10

-scabies
-lay eggs on skin that cause severe irritation, skin lesions, dramatic hair loss, severe itchiness
-skin scrape
-antiparisitic medication, revolution

Question 11

What are 3 main types of worms?

Answer 11

-roundworms
-hookworms
-tapeworms
-GI upset
-dewormer

Question 12

What are roundworms?

Answer 12

-toxocara canis and cati
-live and reproduce in intestines
-fecal oral
-see in fecal
-dewormer

Question 13

What is Dipylidium caninum?

Answer 13

-tapeworms
-“rice” on feces/anus
-transmitted by animals ingesting fleas

Question 14

What is Echinococcus spp?

Answer 14

-tapeworm
-cause cysts that may require surgical removal
-can take years to develop signs

Question 15

What is Ancylostoma spp?

Answer 15

-hookworm
-attach to intestine wall and feed on hosts wall
-ingestion, skin penetration