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Parasitology Images Flashcards

Photos from Dr. Heather Walden, lecturer at UF CVM.

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Gravid proglottid

Cyclophyllideans - true tapeworms

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Dipylidium caninum

“Cucumber Seed Worm/Double-pored Tapeworm”

(egg packet)

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Cytauxzoon felis

(schizont)

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Ixodes scapularis

“Black-legged Tick”

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Anoplocephala perfoliata

“Lappeted Tapeworm”

(hexacanth embryo)

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Haemonchus contortus

“Barberpole Worm”

(adult)

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Stomoxys calcitrans

“Stable Fly”

(adult)

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4 sporocysts w/ 2 sporozoites each

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Eimeria spp.

(oocyst)

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Oxyuris equi

“Large Equine Pinworm”

(egg - asymmetrical, “operculated”, unembryonated)

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Platynosomum concinnum (aka fastosum)

“Lizard Poisoning Fluke”

(adult)

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Fasciola hepatica

“Live Fluke”

(circariae)

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Oxyuris equi

“Large Equine Pinworm”

(adult)

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Tritrichomonas foetus/blagburni

“Trichomonads”

(Adults)

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Toxoplasma gondii

(bradyzoite - tissue cyst)

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Cysticercoid (cestodes larvae type)

  • single scolex
  • NOT invaginated

Cestodes - tapeworms

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Ancylostoma caninum

“Canine Hookworm”

(adult)

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Bothria - sucker attachment w/ out hooks

  • compare to scolex

Characteristic of pseudophyllideans (pseudotapeworms)

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Trypanosoma cruzi

(amastigote - pseudocyst)

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Trypanosoma cruzi

(trypomastigote)

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Gravid proglottids

Pseudophyllideans - pseudotapeworm

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Dermacentor variabilis

“American Dog Tick/Wood Tick”

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Fasciola hepatica

“Live Fluke”

(miracidia)

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Trichinella spiralis

“Trichina Worm”

(Adult)

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Cytauxzoon felis

(piroplasms - within RBCs)

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Otodectes cynotis

“Ear Mite”

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Head wider than thorax

Name Order

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Order Mallophaga

“Chewing/Biting Lice”

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Dipylidium caninum

“Cucumber Seed Worm”

(adult)

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Name the superfamily

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Trichostrongyle (HOTC)

Nematode superfamily

(eggs)

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Heterobilharzia americana

“Canine Blood Fluke”

(egg)

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Trichinella spiralis

“Trichina Worm”

(Larvae)

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Toxoplasma gondii

(tachyzoites)

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Anoplocephala perfoliata

“Lappeted Tapeworm”

  • lappets (“bowties) behind each sucker

(adult)

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Anopheles spp.

(mosquito)

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Type II Ostertagiasis

Mucosal reddening

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Toxocara canis

“Canine Ascarids”

(egg - thick shelled)

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Rhipicephalus sanguineus

“Brown Dog Tick”

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Dirofilaria immitis

“Canine Heartworm”

(Microfilariae - prelarval stage)

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Fasciola hepatica

“Liver Fluke”

(egg - operculated)

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Ancylostoma caninum

“Canine Hookworm”

(egg - non-embryonated)

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2 sporocysts w/ 4 sporozoites each.

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Cystoisospora spp.

(oocyst)

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Spirometra mansonoides

Pseudophyllidean - pseudotapeworm

(egg - operculated)

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Dirofilaria immitis

“Canine Heartworm”

(Embryo)

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Culex spp.

(mostquito)

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Sarcocystis spp.

(sarcocyst)

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Demodex canis

“Follicle Mite”

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Heterobilharzia americana

“Canine Blood Fluke”

(adults - dioecious)

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Fasciola hepatica

“Live Fluke”

(metacercariae)

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Fasciola hepatica

“Liver Fluke”

(Adult stage)

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Aedes spp.

(mostquito)

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Sarcoptes scabiei

“Scabies” - Mite

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Echidnophaga gallinacean

“Stick-tight Flea, Poultry Flea”

(adult female)

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Chrysops spp.

“Deer Fly”

(larvae)

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Multilocular Hyatid Cyst (cestodes larvae type)

  • 100’s or 1000’s of protoscolices
  • Encapsulated
  • Bubbles out & spreads like cancer

Cestodes - tapeworm

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Mature proglottid - 2 sets of reproductive organs

Cyclophyllideans - true tapeworms

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Giardia spp.

(Trophozoite)

  • 8 flagella
  • 2 nuclei
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Cysticercus (cestodes larvae type)

  • single scolex
  • Invaginated

Cestodes - tapeworm

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Spirometra mansonoides

Pseudophyllidean - pseudotapeworm

(adult)

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Tabanus spp.

“Horse Fly”

(adult)

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Amblyomma americanum

“Lone Star Tick”

L: Male

R: Female

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Spirometra mansonoides

Pseudophyllidean - pseudotapeworm

(plerocercoids/sparganum)

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  • Taeniid* Tapeworms
  • Indistinguishable hexacanth embryo from others taeniid spp.
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Pulex simulans

“Flea”

(adult female)

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Giardia spp.

(Cyst)

-4 nuclei

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Tabanus spp.

“Horse Fly”

(larvae)

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Sarcocystis spp.

(oocyst)

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Type I Ostertagiasis

“Moroccan leather” appearance of abdominal mucosa

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Ctenocephalides felis

“Flea”

L: female

R: male

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Cryptosporidium spp.

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Toxocara canis

“Canine Ascarids”

(adult)

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Sarcocystis spp.

(schizont - form rosette)

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Ostertagia ostertagi

“Brown Stomach Worm”

(adult)

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Coenurus (cestodes larvae type)

  • many scolices
  • invaginated

Cestodes - tapeworm

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Spirometra mansonoides

Pseudophyllidean - pseudotapeworm

(procercoid)

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Chrysops spp.

“Deer Fly”

(adult)

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Thorax wider than head

Name Order

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Order Anoplura

“Sucking Lice”

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Toxoplasma gondii

(oocyst - sporulated on L, unsporulated on R)

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Platynosomum concinnum (aka fastosum)

“Lizard Poisoning Fluke”

(egg - operculated)

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Taenia pisiformis

“Rabbit tapeworm”/”Abdominal bladderworm”

(adult)

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Unilocular Hyatid Cyst (cestodes larvae type)

  • 100’s or 1000’s of protoscolices
  • Encapsulated

Cestodes - tapeworm

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Dirofilaria immitis

“Canine Heartworm”

(Adult)

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Platynosomum concinnum (aka fastosum)

“Lizard Poisoning Fluke”

(metacercariae)

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