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Parasitology Flashcards

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Where are most internal parasites picked up?

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Outside from grazing

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Where do most internal parasites live?

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The GI tracts

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What animals are most infected from internal parasites?

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Young animals

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Where do external parasites live?

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Outside or on the skin of the animal

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What are the 6 major GI parasites?

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Ascarids, strongyles, pinworms, tapeworms, stomach worms, bots.

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How often do you usually deworm?

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Every two months

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What horses do Ascarids normally effect?

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Horses under 3 years

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What do Ascarids damage?

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Lungs and live

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How are Ascarids transmitted?

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Fecal oral transmission

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What is the prepared period for Ascarids?

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12 weeks

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How often do you deworm for Ascarids?

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Every 8-12 weeks starting at 8 weeks of age

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What drugs are effective against Ascarids?

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Pyrantel pano are, fenbendazole, Ivermectin

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How are small strongyles transmitted?

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By feeding on grass containing free living larvae

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Where do small strongyles live?

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Cecum and lg intestine

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What is the prepayment period of small strongyles?

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40 days

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How often do you deworm for small strongyles?

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Every two months

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What drugs can you use for small strongyles?

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Pyrantrl pomoate, ivermectin

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Where do large strongyles hang out?

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Migrate through arteries supplying the messentary and intestines

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What can large strongyles cause?

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Aneurisms and blockages and anemia

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How are large strongyles transmitted?

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By feeding

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What is the prepatent period for large strongyles?

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200-332 days

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What drugs can be used to treat large strongyles?

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Ivermectin, thiabendaziole, fenbendazole

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Where are pinworms found?

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Adults in colon and rectum, eggs on anus

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What is the prepatent period for pinworms?

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5 months

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What drugs treat pinworms?

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Pyrantal pomoate and thiabendaziole

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What can tapeworms cause?

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Illeocecal impaction and inflammation

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What is the prepatent period for tapeworms?

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2 months

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What is a tapeworms intermediate host?

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Clover mites

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What drugs can be used to treat tapeworms?

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Albendazole, pyrantal pomoate, praziquantel

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What are summer sores?

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Migrating stomach worm larvae under the skin

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What can adult stomach worms cause?

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Gastritis and gastric tumors

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What is the prepatent for stomach worms?

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Two months

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What treats stomach worms?

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Ivermectin

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What causes bot fly eggs to hatch?

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Horse licking eggs

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Where so the bot fly larvae live?

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Pelorus and cardia of stomach

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What can treat bot flies?

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Ivermectin, dichlorus, trichlorfon

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Where would you put a fly strip on a horse?

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Forelock, main, tail.

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How are hiring lice treated?

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Topical

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How are licking lice treated?

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Systemically and topically

39
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What treatments can be used for lice?

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Organophosphates, carbonates, pyrethins, and ivormectin for sucking lice.

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What do mites cause?

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Mange

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What does the diagnosis of mites depend on?

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Area of skin affected.

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What type of treatment do ticks need?

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Topical

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What are the three types of ticks in Washington?

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Dermacenter albipictus-winter tick
Dermacenter occidentalis- pacific coast tick
Otobius megnini-spinous ear tick

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