Quiz 2 (Platyhelminth Scientific Names)

Question 1

Adult parasite found in the bile ducts of sheep and goats

Answer 1

Dicrocoelium dendriticum; “lancet fluke”

Question 2

Adult parasite found in the liver and bile ducts of cats

Answer 2

Platynosomum fastosum; “lizard poisoning fluke”

Question 3

Adult parasite found in the bile ducts of ruminants

Answer 3

Fasciola hepatica; “liver fluke”

Question 4

Adult parasite found in the liver and lungs (rare) of members of the deer family

Answer 4

Fascioloides magna; “liver fluke”

Question 5

Adult parasite found in the rumen and reticulum of ruminants

Answer 5

Paramphistomum sp. and Cotylophoron sp.; “rumen flukes”

Question 6

Adult parasite found in the lungs of dogs, cats, minks, and muskrats

Answer 6

Paragonimus kellicotti; “lung fluke”

Question 7

Adult parasite found in the portal and mesenteric veins of ruminants

Answer 7

Schistosoma bovis; “ruminant schistosome”

Question 8

Adult parasite found in wild aquatic birds-human condition

Answer 8

Schistosome cercarial dermatitis; “swimmer’s itch”

Question 9

Adult parasite found in the portal and mesenteric veins of dogs, bobcats, and raccoons

Answer 9

Heterobilharzia americana; “canine blood fluke”

Question 10

Adult parasite found in the small and large intestine of horses and other equine sp.

Answer 10

Anoplocephala perfoliata; “lappeted tapeworm”

Question 11

Adult parasite found in the small intestine of horses and other equine sp. (1 of 2)

Answer 11

Anoplocephala magna; “large scolex tapeworm”

Question 12

Adult parasite found in the small intestine of horses and other equine sp. (2 of 2)

Answer 12

Paranoplocephala mamillana; “dwarf tapeworm”

Question 13

Adult parasite found in the small intestine of cattle, sheep, and goats

Answer 13

Moniezia sp.; “ruminant tapeworms”

Question 14

Adult parasite found in the pancreatic ducts, bile ducts, and small intestine of ruminants

Answer 14

Tysanosoma actinoides; “fringed tapeworm”

Question 15

Adult parasite found in the small intestine of dogs/canines, cats/felids, and humans

Answer 15

Dipylidium caninum; “double-pored tapeworm” or “cucumber seed tapeworm”

Question 16

Adult parasite found in the small intestine of humans

Larval parasite found in the skeletal and cardiac muscle of cattle

Answer 16

Taenia saginata; “beef tapeworm”

Cysticercus bovis; “measly beef”

Question 17

Adult parasite found in the small intestine of humans

Larval parasite found in the skeletal and cardiac muscle of pigs (and humans)

Answer 17

Taenia solium; “pork tapeworm”

Cysticercus cellulosae; “measly pork”

Question 18

Adult parasite found in the small intestine of dogs

Larval parasite found in the skeletal and cardiac muscle of sheep and goats

Answer 18

Taenia ovis; “mutton tapeworm”

Cysticercus ovis; “measly mutton”

Question 19

Adult parasite found in the small intestine of dogs/canids

Larval parasite found in the peritoneal cavity of ruminants

Answer 19

Taenia hydatigena; “ruminant tapeworm”

Cysticercus tenuicollis; “abdominal bladderworm”

Question 20

Adult parasite found in the small intestine of dogs/canids

Larval parasite found in the peritoneal cavity of rabbits/ hares

Answer 20

Taenia pisiformis; “rabbit tapeworm”

Cysticercus pisiformis; “abdominal bladderworm”

Question 21

Adult parasite found in the small intestine of cats/felids

Larval parasite found in the liver or peritoneal cavity of rodents

Answer 21

Taenia taeniaformis; “feline taeniid”

Cysticercus fasciolaris; “strobilocercus”

Question 22

Adult parasite found in the small intestine of dogs/canines

Larval parasite found in the brain and spinal cord of sheep, goats

Answer 22

Multiceps multiceps; “sheep coenurus tapeworm”

Coenurus cerebralis; “Gid/staggers/sturdy bladderworm”

Question 23

Adult parasite found in the small intestine of dogs/canids

Larval parasite found in the subcutaneous and muscular connective tissue of rabbits

Answer 23

Multiceps serialis; “rabbit coenurus tapeworm”

Coenurus serialis; “subcutaneous bladderworm”

Question 24

Adult parasite found in the small intestine of dogs, cats, carnivores

Answer 24

Echinococcus granulosus; “unilocular hydatid-cyst producing tapeworm” (I host: liver/lung/brain of sheep, cattle, pigs, horses, humans)

Question 25

Adult parasite found in the small intestine of dogs, cats, carnivores

Answer 25

Echinococcus multilocularis; “multilocular hydatid-cyst producing tapeworm” (I host: liver/lung of field mice, shrew, chipmunks, humans)

Question 26

Adult parasite found in the small intestine of dogs, cats, bears, fish eating mammals

Answer 26

Diphyllobothrium latum; “broad fish tapeworm”

Question 27

Adult parasite found in the small intestine of dogs, cats, raccoons

Answer 27

Spirometra mansonoides; “zipper tapeworm”