Parasitology

Question 0

Where are most internal parasites picked up?

Answer 0

Outside from grazing

Question 1

Where do most internal parasites live?

Answer 1

The GI tracts

Question 2

What animals are most infected from internal parasites?

Answer 2

Young animals

Question 3

Where do external parasites live?

Answer 3

Outside or on the skin of the animal

Question 4

What are the 6 major GI parasites?

Answer 4

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

Question 5

How often do you usually deworm?

Answer 5

Every two months

Question 6

What horses do Ascarids normally effect?

Answer 6

Horses under 3 years

Question 7

What do Ascarids damage?

Answer 7

Lungs and live

Question 8

How are Ascarids transmitted?

Answer 8

Fecal oral transmission

Question 9

What is the prepared period for Ascarids?

Answer 9

12 weeks

Question 10

How often do you deworm for Ascarids?

Answer 10

Every 8-12 weeks starting at 8 weeks of age

Question 11

What drugs are effective against Ascarids?

Answer 11

Pyrantel pano are, fenbendazole, Ivermectin

Question 12

How are small strongyles transmitted?

Answer 12

By feeding on grass containing free living larvae

Question 13

Where do small strongyles live?

Answer 13

Cecum and lg intestine

Question 14

What is the prepayment period of small strongyles?

Answer 14

40 days

Question 15

How often do you deworm for small strongyles?

Answer 15

Every two months

Question 16

What drugs can you use for small strongyles?

Answer 16

Pyrantrl pomoate, ivermectin

Question 17

Where do large strongyles hang out?

Answer 17

Migrate through arteries supplying the messentary and intestines

Question 18

What can large strongyles cause?

Answer 18

Aneurisms and blockages and anemia

Question 19

How are large strongyles transmitted?

Answer 19

By feeding

Question 20

What is the prepatent period for large strongyles?

Answer 20

200-332 days

Question 21

What drugs can be used to treat large strongyles?

Answer 21

Ivermectin, thiabendaziole, fenbendazole

Question 22

Where are pinworms found?

Answer 22

Adults in colon and rectum, eggs on anus

Question 23

What is the prepatent period for pinworms?

Answer 23

5 months

Question 24

What drugs treat pinworms?

Answer 24

Pyrantal pomoate and thiabendaziole

Question 25

What can tapeworms cause?

Answer 25

Illeocecal impaction and inflammation

Question 26

What is the prepatent period for tapeworms?

Answer 26

2 months

Question 27

What is a tapeworms intermediate host?

Answer 27

Clover mites

Question 28

What drugs can be used to treat tapeworms?

Answer 28

Albendazole, pyrantal pomoate, praziquantel

Question 29

What are summer sores?

Answer 29

Migrating stomach worm larvae under the skin

Question 30

What can adult stomach worms cause?

Answer 30

Gastritis and gastric tumors

Question 31

What is the prepatent for stomach worms?

Answer 31

Two months

Question 32

What treats stomach worms?

Answer 32

Ivermectin

Question 33

What causes bot fly eggs to hatch?

Answer 33

Horse licking eggs

Question 34

Where so the bot fly larvae live?

Answer 34

Pelorus and cardia of stomach

Question 35

What can treat bot flies?

Answer 35

Ivermectin, dichlorus, trichlorfon

Question 36

Where would you put a fly strip on a horse?

Answer 36

Forelock, main, tail.

Question 37

How are hiring lice treated?

Answer 37

Topical

Question 38

How are licking lice treated?

Answer 38

Systemically and topically

Question 39

What treatments can be used for lice?

Answer 39

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

Question 40

What do mites cause?

Answer 40

Mange

Question 41

What does the diagnosis of mites depend on?

Answer 41

Area of skin affected.

Question 42

What type of treatment do ticks need?

Answer 42

Topical

Question 43

What are the three types of ticks in Washington?

Answer 43

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