Small Animal Intestinal Parasites Flashcards
Nematodes are diagnosed via
Fecal flotation with zinc centrifugation
The most common roundworm in dogs and cats is?
Toxocara canis
Roundworms causes the zoonotic disease
Ocular larva migrans
What are roundworms treated with?
Piperazine, pyrantel, or fenbendazole
Where does roundworms live?
Small intestine
What is the common species are hookworms?
Ancylostoma canium and uncinaria stenocephala
Hookworm causes the zoonotic disease
Cutaneous larva mirgrans
What are hookworms most commonly treated with?
Fenbendazole and pyrantel
How are roundworm transmitted?
Tranplacental
How are hookworms transmitted?
Transmammary
Whipworms are also called
Trichuris vulpis
How are whipworms transmitted?
Fecal oral
Severe infection of whipworms may lead to what?
Hyperkalemia and hypoatremia
Where do whipworms live?
Large intestine
What are the 3 types of nematodes?
Roundworms, Hookworm, and whipworms
What is a cestode?
Tapeworm
What is the most common tapeworm in dogs and cats?
Dipylidium caninum
The tapeworm eggs are contained within the segments, the segments are referred to as?
Proglottids
What is the treatment of choice for tapeworms?
Praziquantel
What are the 2 trematodes?
Flukes and Giardia
What is the most well known fluke in Vet Med and is known as the common liver fluke?
Fasciola heatica
Flukes require what as an intermediate host?
Snail
What are flukes most commonly treated with?
Albendazole
Giardia transmission is often through?
contaminated water
What is a single celled intestinal microscopic parasite called?
Coccidia
What is the most common coccidian in dogs and cats?
Isopora
What is the most common cocidian mostly seen in poultry/birds and rabbits?
Eimeria
What is the recommended treatment for coccidia?
Sulfadimenthoxine (albon)
What is the name that causes hepatic coccidiosis in lagmomorphs?
Eimeria stiedai
