Poultry Flashcards
Protozoa
- Eimeria tenella, necatrix, acervuline, maxima (chicken)
- Eimeria adenoids, meleagrimitis (turkey)
- Eimeria anseris, truncata (duck)
- Cryptosporidium baileyi, meleagridis
- Histomonas meleagridis
- Trichomonas gallinae
Trematoda
- Echinostoma revolutum
- Plagiorchis arcuatus
- Prosthogonimus ovatus, cuneatus, pellucidus, macrorchis, anatinus
- Opistorchis (simulans, geminus)
- Billharziella polonica (blood fluke - not found in faces)
- Trichobilharzia ocellata (blood fluke - not found in faces)
Cestoda
Pseudophyllidae
- Diphyllobotrium dendriticus
- Lingua intestinalis
Cyclophyllidae
- Davainea proglottina
- Raillietina cesticillus, R. echinobothrida, R. tetragona
- Hymenolepsis carioca, H. lanceolata
- Amoebotaeia cuneata
- Choanotaenia infundibulum
Nematoda
Strongylida
- Trichostrongylus tenuis
- Amidostomum anseris
- Syngamus trachea
- Cyathostoma bronchialis
Ascaridida
- Ascaridia galli, columbae, dissimilis
- Heterakis gallinarum, isolonchae
Enoplida
- Capillaria obsignata, caudinflata, anatis, contorta
Acanthocephala
- Polymorphus minutus, Polymorphus magnus
- Filicolis anatis
Ectoparasites
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Chewing lice
- Menopon gallinae – chicken
- Menacanthus stramineus – chicken and turkey
- Chest, back, cloacal area
- Gonioides dissimilis, gigas
Order siphonaptera - fleas
- Ceratophyllus gallinae – wild birds, chicken, cat, other, also human
Order acarina – ticks and mites
Soft ticks
- Argas reflexus (pigeon tick), A. persicus (chicken tick)
Mites
- Dermanyssus gallinae – night active
- Knemidocoptes mutans (scaly leg), K. gallinae (feathers), K. pilae (beak mange)
Capillaria spp.
- C. obsignata
- C. caudinflata
- C. anatis
- C. contorta
S, barrel shaped - as, 2 thin shells, bipolar flattened plugs, LB/Y-G
Nematode
M, o, 3 thick shells, UE, light grey
Heterakis gallinarum, H. isolonchae
M, o, 3 thick shells, UE, light grey
Nematode
M, o, 3 thick shells, UE, light grey
Ascaridiidae family:
- Ascaridia galli,
- A. columbae,
- A. dissimilis
M, o, 3 thick shells, UE, light grey
nematode
M, o, 2 thin shells, plug on 1 end, UE - 4-8 blastomeres, grey
Syngamus trachea
M, o, 2 thin shells, plug on 1 end, UE - 4-8 blastomeres, grey
nematode
M, ellipsoid, 2 thin shells + 2 polar caps, UE - few blastomers, LG
Cyathostoma bronchialis
M, ellipsoid, 2 thin shells + 2 polar caps, UE - few blastomers, LG
nematode
M, o - s, 2 thin shells, UE - many blastomers, LG
Trichostrongylidae family: Trichostrongylus tenuis
M, o - s, 2 thin shells, UE - many blastomers, LG
nematode
L, elliptic - s, 2 thin shells, UE - many blastomers, LG
Trichostrongylidae family:
Amidostomum anseris
short worm
L, elliptic - s, 2 thin shells, UE - many blastomers, LG
S, spherical, 3 thick shells, E,
Hymenolepis spp:
- Hymenolepis carioca
- Hymenolepis lanceolata
S, spherical, 3 thick shells, E,
cestode
M, o - s, 2 thin shells - operculum, UE, light brown
Diphyllobothrium dendriticus, Lingua intestinalis
M, o - s, 2 thin shells - operculum, UE, light brown
cestode