Protazoas Flashcards
Some have ______ that look like hairs to help them move.
Flagellum
Have false feet and look like blobs.
Amoebae
These have tiny hairs covering the body.
Ciliates
Two forms of Protozoa?
Motile trophozoite, non motile/resistant form
Two stages of giardia?
Dormant stage and feeding/motile
Old man and a gut?
Giardia
Where do we find giardia?
Old water sources, standing water
How is giardia transmitted?
Cyst ingestion, contaminated food/water esp. feces ingestion
Centrification destroys these.
Giardia
Treatments for giardia?
Metronidazole, Panacur
Two types of coccidia?
Cystoisospora spp, eimeria spp.
Hosts of eimeria spp. Giardia?
Sheep, goat, cattle, horses, poultry
Hosts of cystoisospora spp giardia?
Dogs, cats, pigs
Three things required for sporulation of oocyst?
Moisture, oxygen, moderate temperature
Treatment of coccidia?
Metronidazole, Albon
Has a wide variety of hosts.
Crypto
Has no treatment for cattle.
Crypto
Toxoplasma Gondii
Toxoplasmosis
Primary host of toxoplasmosis?
Cats
Can cause CNS, abortion, and retardation.
Toxoplasmosis
Associated with abortion and decreased abortion in cattle?
Trichomonus (tritrichomonus fetus)
Large intestine protozoan infecting primarily pigs.
Balantidium coli
Infect red cells.
Hemosporidians
Babesiosis
Babesia spp.
