Rodents Flashcards
Protozoa
- Eimeria falciformis, Eimeria contorta
- Cryptosporidium muris, C. parvum
- Giardia muris, G. microti
Ectoparasites
9
Mites
- Radfordia affinis, R. ensifera
- Myobia musculi
- Myocoptes musculinus
- Psorergates simplex
Flies
- Xenopsylla cheopis
- Spilopsyllus cuniculi
Lice
- Polyplax spinulosa, P. serrata
Ticks
- Ixodes spp
- Dermacentor spp
Trematoda
- Fasciola hepatica
- Dicrocoelum Dendriticum
Cestoda
- Cysticerus fasciolaris, taenia taeniaeformis
- Echinococcus multiocularis
- Hymenoleptis nana, diminuta, microstoma
Nematoda
Rhabditida
- Stongyloides ratti
Strongylida
- Nippostrongylus brasiliensis (muris)
Oxyurida
- Aspicularis tetraptera
- Syphacia muris (rat), Symphacia obvelata (mouse)
- Heterakis spumosa
Enoplida
- Trichuris muris
- Capilaria hepatica
Acanthocephala
Moniliformis moniliformis
L, o - s, 3 thick shells, E - acanthor, light brown
Moniliformis moniliformis
L, o - s, 3 thick shells, E - acanthor, light brown
Acanthocephala
Capillaria hepatica
S, barrel shape - as, 2 thin shells + 2 flat plugs, UE, light grey
nematode - enoplida
Trichuris muris
M, lemon - s, 2 thin shells + 2 plugs on each plug, UE, B
nematode - enoplida
L (m), ellipsoid - as flattened (1 side), 2 thin shells, UE, LG
Synphacia muris, S. obvelata
L (m), ellipsoid - as flattened (1 side), 2 thin shells, UE, LG
nematode - oxyurida
M, ellipsoid - s, 2 thin shells, UE, transparent/LG
Aspiculuris tetraptera
M, ellipsoid - s, 2 thin shells, UE, transparent/LG
nematode - oxyurida
Strongyloides ratti
s, o - s, 2 thin shells, E - L1, transparent
nematode - rhabitida
S/M, O or subspherical, 3 thick shells, E - oncosphere, transparent
Hymenolepsis:
- H. nana
- H. diminuta
- H. microstoma
S/M, O or subspherical, 3 thick shells, E - oncosphere, transparent
cestode - cyclophyllidae
Eimeria spp.
(without micropyle)
s, o, 2 thin shells, unspor/spor(4/2), transparent
