protozoa pt 2 Flashcards
These protozoans move by pseudopods
Amoebozoa
These protozoans move by flagella. also called Hemoflagellates
Euglenozoa
What euglenozoa causes sleeping sickness and Chagas’ disease
Trypanosoma spp.
These are parasitic worms under the kingdom animalia
Helminths
what is the definitive host of helminths
Adult stage
These are dorsovantrally flattned. Also called flat worms
Platyhelminthes
These are flat worms that are oral and ventral suckers that attaches to host tissue
Trematod/Fluke
This is a flat worm that has a scolex head and has proglottids (reproductive organ)
Cestode/ Tapeworm
These are called round worms
Nematodes
This round worm causes Ascariasis. 2nd most common worm infection in the US
Ascaris lumbricoides
This type of nematode is the Most common worm infection in the US
Enterobius vericularis
What is the worm is responsible for heart failure in dogs and cats
The Heart worm
How are heartworms spread
Mosquitoes
scientific name for The Heartworm
Dirofilaria immitis