Ruminants Flashcards
Ectoparasites
Order diptera – true flies
- Stomoxys calcitrans – stable fly - Stinging fly
- Tabanus bovis – horse fly - Females suck blood
- Musca autumnalis – face fly - Rasp mucous membranes – lick ocular and nasal secretions
- Oestrus ovis – sheep nasal bot fly - Deliver larvae in nose of sheep (viviparous)
- Hypoderma bovis – warble fly in cattle - Larvae crawl under skin and mature
- Hypoderma lineatum – warble flies – under skin
- Melophagus ovinus – ked - Blood sucking, wingless
Order phtiraptera
- Haematopinus eurysternus – louse – head, around horns, neck, shoulders
- Linognatus vituli (cattle), L. ovillus (sheep) - Head, neck, lumbar and perianal area (spes. Calfs)
Order acarina – ticks and mites
Hard ticks
- Ixodes ricinus
- Dermacentor marginatus, D. reticulatus
Mites
- Demodex bovis - Burrowing mite, inside hair follicles and glands
- Sarcoptes scabirei var. bovis
- Psoroptes ovis (sheep, cattle) - Non-burrowing, body
- Choriptes bovis (cattle) - Non-burrowing, on legs
Protozoa
- Eimeria: zuernii, bovis, ellipsoidalis, aubumensis - Lru
- Eimeria: e. parva, e. ovina, e. intricata, e. carndallis, e. ahsata, e. ninakohjakimovae - sRU
- Cryptosporidium parvum, Cryptosporidium bovis
trematoda
- Fasciola hepatica
- Paramphistomum cervi
- Dicrocoelium dendriticum
cestoda
- Moniezia benedeni - LRu
- Moniezia expansa - sRU
nematoda
Rhabditida
- Strongyloides papillosus
Strongylida
- Haemonchus contortus
- Ostertagia ostertagi, circumcincta
- Trichostrongylus axei, columbriformis, vitrinus
- Cooperia curticer, oncophora
- Nematodirus spathiger, filicolis
- Marshallagia marshalli
- Oseophagostomum radiatum, venulosum, columbianum
- Chabertia ovina
- Bunostomum phlebotomum, trigonocephalum
- Dictiocaulus viviparus (Lru), filaria (Sru) - larvoscopic
- Protostrongylus rufescens, brevisspivulum - larvoscopic
- Muellerius capillaris - larvoscopic
- Cystocaulus ocreatus - larvoscopic
(1-6 - trichostrongylidae fam, 1-4 can not be distinguished)
Ascaridida
- Toxocara vitolurum
Oxyurida
- Skrjaminema ovis, caprae
Enoplida
- Trichuris ovis, T. globulosa
- Capillaria bovis, C. breviceps
Small (18-45um), oval, 2 thin shells, unsporulated/sporulated (4 sporocyst, 2 sporozoites)
Eimeria spp
protozoa - flotation
Very small (5-7 um), spherical, 2 thin shells, sporulated (0 sporocysts, 4 sporozoits)
Cryptosporidium spp.
protoza - flotation
M, 3-4-5 angulate, 3 thick shells + Pyriform apparatus inside, E - oncosphere, transparent – gray
Moniezia spp
Moniezia expansa (small ru), Moniezia benedeni (large ru)
cestode - flotation
S, o - s, 2 thin shells, E - L1, transparent
Strongyloides papillosus
ru, rabbit
nematode - flotation
M, o - s, 2 thin shells, UE, few blastomers, light brown/gray
Haemonchus contortus
sheep
nematode - flotation
M, o - s, 2 thin shells, UE, many blastomers, gray
Ostertagia spp. (Trichostrongylidae fam)
O. ostertagi, O. circumcincta
cattle, sheep
nematode - flotation
M, ovoid - s, 2 thin shells, UE, many blastomers, grey
Trichostrongylidae fam: Trichostrongylus spp
- T. axei, T. columbriformis, T. vitrinus
ru, eq, su
nematode - flotation
Extra large, o - s, 2 thin shells, UE, 8 blastomeres, greyish.
Nematodirus spp:
N. spathiger, N. filicolis
ru
nematode - flotation
Extra large, o - s, 2 thin shells, UE, 8 blastomeres, greyish colour.
Marshallagia marshalli
ru
nematode - flotation
M, ovoid - s, 2 thin shell, UE, 16-32 blastomere, gray
Oesophagostomum spp:
O. radiatum, O. venulosum, O. columbianum
ru
nematode - flotation