Protozoa Phylum Apicomplexa

Question 1

Sporozoans

Answer 1

4600 species

all are parasitic

Question 2

What is the name given to the cyst stage for Sporozoans?

Answer 2

Oocysts

Question 3

What Sporozoans have veterinary significance

Answer 3

Cystoispora
Toxoplasma
Cryptosporidium
Babesia
Eimeria

Question 4

What is the common term we call Apicomplexa?

Answer 4

Coccidia

Question 5

What other species is Coccidia used to describe

Answer 5

Cystoisospora spp
Eimeria spp
Cryptosporidium spp
Toxoplasma gondii

Question 6

Cystoisospora spp

Answer 6

A protozoal parasite of the small intestine of dogs and cats

AKA Isospora

Question 7

What is the predilection site of Cystoisospora spp

Answer 7

The small intestine

Question 8

What is the most commonly diagnosed diseases in puppies and kittens?

Answer 8

Coccidiosis

Question 9

Is coccidiosis a problem in adult dogs?

Answer 9

Rarely

Question 10

What is the diagnostic stage of coccidiosis and how is it diagnosed?

Answer 10

The oocyst

Fecal floatation

Question 11

Toxoplasma gondii

Answer 11

The intestinal coccidian of cats

Question 12

What is the definitive host of Toxoplasma gondii?

Answer 12

Cat

They only shed the oocysts for less than 2 weeks for their entire life

Question 13

How do we diagnosis Toxoplasma gondii?

Answer 13

Fecal flotation

Immunologic tests

Question 14

What is fecal flotation looking for?

Answer 14

Cysts

Question 15

What are the Immunologic tests looking for?

Answer 15

Antibodies

Question 16

How do humans get a Toxoplasma gondii infection?

Answer 16

Undercooked meat
Unwashed produce
Gardening
Contact with cat feces

Question 17

Are cats symptomatic for Toxoplasmosis

Answer 17

Usually asymptomatic intestinal infection

Usually a chronic infection

Question 18

If there is an acute infection of Toxoplasmosis what are the symptoms in cats?

Answer 18

Hepatitis
Seizures
Cachexia

Question 19

Is it common to find toxoplasma oocytes in infected cats?

Answer 19

No, because cats only shed for 1 to 3 weeks

Question 20

What are the two ways cats can get Toxoplasmosis?

Answer 20

Ingestion of paratenic host

Ingestion of oocytes from soil or contaminated objects

Question 21

What are some examples of paratenic hosts that carry Toxoplasmosis

Answer 21

Rodents
Birds
Mutton or pork in raw diet food that contains bradyzoites

Question 22

What are the three different stages of Toxoplasma gondii?

Answer 22

Oocytes
Tachyzoites
Bradyzoites

Question 23

Toxoplasma gondii Oocytes

Answer 23

Only develop in and shed by felids

Question 24

Toxoplasma gondii Tachyzoites

Answer 24

Rapidly dividing tissue stage

Question 25

Toxoplasma gondii Bradyzoites

Answer 25

Slowly dividing, encysted tissue stage

Question 26

What is the prepatent period of Toxoplasma gondii dependent on?

Answer 26

How the cats get Toxoplasma

Question 27

The prepatent period when the cat ingests raw meat

Answer 27

3-10 days after tissue cysts

Question 28

The prepatent period when the cat ingests oocyte from the environment?

Answer 28

19-48 days

Question 29

How long does it take for Toxoplasma eggs to become infected after they are shed by the cats?

Answer 29

1 to 5 days | Survive for months to years

Question 30

How does a human fetus contract toxoplasmosis?

Answer 30

Through the placental connection with its infected mother

Question 31

Antibody testing in humans and cats

Answer 31

Check for antibodies, prior to exposure | Can't accurately predict oocyst shedding

Question 32

Babesia canis

Answer 32

An example of a hemoprotazoan | Intracellular parasite of RBCs of dogs

Question 33

What else is the pear-shaped body called?

Answer 33

Piroplasm

Question 34

How do you diagnosis Babesia?

Answer 34

Stained blood smear | Inclusions on the RBC

Question 35

What is the intermediate host of Babesia?

Answer 35

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