parasitology final Flashcards
Fasciola hepatica
common name
hosts
predilection site
liver fluke
d: herbivores
i: lymnaeid snails
bile duct
Paragonimus kelicotti
common name
hosts
predilection site
lung fluke
d: mink dog cat
i: slender walker snail then crayfish
lungs
Dicroceoelium dendriticum
common name
hosts
predilection site
d: mammals
i: terrestrial snails then ants
gallbladder
Heterobilharzia americana
common name
hosts
predilection site
schistosome
d: racoons dogs cats
i: lymnaeid snails
mesenteric vein
Fascioloides magna
common name
hosts
predilection site
giant liver fluke
d: deer
dead end: moose elk sheep
i: aquatic snail
liver
Taenia hydatigena
hosts
predilection site
d: canids
i: ruminants and swine
small intestine
Taenia taeniaeformis
hosts
predilection site
d: felids
i: rodents and rabbits
small intestine
Taenia pisiformis
hosts
predilection site
d: canids
i: rabbits and hares
small intestine
Echinococcus granulosus
hosts
predilection site
d: canids
i: ruminants pigs camelids equids
small intestine
Dipylidium caninum
hosts
predilection site
d: canids and felids
i: fleas
small intestine
Moniezia expansa
hosts
predilection site
d: sheep and goats
i: oribatid mite
small intestine
Moniezia benedeni
hosts
predilection site
d: cattle
i: orbatid mite
small intestine
Thysanosoma actinioides
hosts
predilection site
d: sheep and goats
bile and pancreatic duct
Anoplocephala perfoliata
hosts
predilection site
d: equids
i: mite
cecum
Dibothriocephalus latus
hosts
predilection site
d: piscivorous mammals
i: copepod then small fish may enter larger fish as paratenic host
small intestine
Spirometra mansonoides
hosts
predilection site
d: cattle and felids
i: copepod then non-fish vertebrate
small intestine
Ascaris suum
hosts
predilection site
d: swine and humans
small intestine
Parascaris equorum
hosts
predilection site
d: equids
small intestine
Toxocara canis
hosts
predilection site
d: canids
small intestine
Toxocara cati
hosts
predilection site
d: felids
small intestine
Ascaridia galli
hosts
predilection site
d: birds
small intestine mucosa (larvae) then lumen (adults)
Heterakis gallinarum
hosts
predilection site
d: galliform birds
small intestine
Oxyuris equi
common name
hosts
predilection site
pinworms
d: equids
descending colon crypts (larvae) lumen (adults)
Trichuris vulpis
common name
hosts
predilection site
whipworms
d: canids
small intestine mucosa (larvae) cecum and colon (adults)
Trichuris suis
common name
hosts
predilection site
whipworms
d: swine
small intestine mucosa (larvae) cecum and colon (adults)
Trichinella spiralis
hosts
predilection site
d: mammals
skeletal muscle (pre-larvae) small intestine mucosa (adults)
Trichostrongylus axei
hosts
predilection site
d: hoofstock
abomasum or stomach
Ostertagia ostertagi
hosts
predilection site
d: cattle
abomasum glands (larvae) lumen (adult)
Teladorsagia circumcincta
hosts
predilection site
d: sheep and goats
abomasum
Haemonchus contortus
common name
hosts
predilection site
barber pole worm
d: ruminants
abomasum
Cooperia punctata
hosts
predilection site
d: cattle
small intestine
Hyostryongylus rubidus
common name
hosts
predilection site
red stomach worm
d: swine
stomach
Dictyocaulus viviparus
common name
hosts
predilection site
lung worm
d: ruminants
bronchial tree
Strongylus vulgaris
common name
hosts
predilection site
large strongyle
d: equids
tunic intima of mesenteric artery (larvae) colon and cecum (adult)
Cyanthostomins
common name
hosts
predilection site
small strongyles
d: equids
colon and cecum
Oesophagostomum spp.
hosts
predilection site
d: ruminants and swine
intestinal mucosa (larvae) large intestine lumen (adults)
Stephanurus dentatus
common name
hosts
predilection site
swine kidney worm
d: swine
p: earthworm
renal and perirenal tissue
Syngamid trachea
common name
hosts
predilection site
gapeworm
d: galliform birds
p: earthworm mollusk larval flies
small intestine / liver (larvae) upper res tract (adults)