Quiz 5 Flashcards
Lay unembryonated eggs
Oviparous
lay embryonated or larvated eggs
ovoviparous
bear live young
larviparous/viviparous
infective stage for all ascarids
L3
where are L3 ascarids found
in definitive host. become L4 –> immature adult –> adult
how many lips do ascarids have
3
do ascarids have IH?
no
are ascarids:
- oviparous
- ovivipoarous
- larviparous
oviparous
t/f females ascarids are larger than males
true
which sex of ascarid has a curved tail
males
equine roundworm
parascaris equorum
describe parascaris equorum eggs
Thick walled
Resistant to chemical and physical insults
Infective in soil for years
type of life cycle parascaris equorum
direct, fecal oral
unembryonated eggs in feces —> embryonate to L3 in and then ingested by DH
which ascarid specie has hepato-tracheal migration
Parascaris equorum
Ascaris suum
where is L3 of parascaris equorum
in SI —> lung
t/f parascaris equorum has transplacental and transmammary transmission
FALSE - none
C/S ascaridosis in horses
Malnourished
Undersize
Sickly foal
Perforation of bowl
CNS – aberrant larval migration
which ascarid causes verminous pneumonia
Parascaris equorum - summer colds in foals due to being sensitized to larval antigens
Ascaris suum - chronic cough
Dx Parascaris equorum
- Fecal float - see eggs
- Transabdominal US
- Western blot: larval excretory products
which ascarid affects pigs
Ascaris suum
is ascaris suum zoonotic
yes
which ascarid causes ‘milk spots’ in liver? in which species?
Ascaris suum in pigs
pathology caused by ascaris suum
milk spots in liver
hemorrhage around intralobular vein
fatal peritonitis
verminous pneumonia
thumps - chronic cough
consolidation of areas of lungs
edema, emphysema
enteritis
dx ascaris suum
- Necropsy (milk spots)
- Worms in vomit





