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Small Animal Intestinal Parasites Flashcards

1
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Nematodes are diagnosed via

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Fecal flotation with zinc centrifugation

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2
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The most common roundworm in dogs and cats is?

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Toxocara canis

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3
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Roundworms causes the zoonotic disease

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Ocular larva migrans

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4
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What are roundworms treated with?

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Piperazine, pyrantel, or fenbendazole

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5
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Where does roundworms live?

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Small intestine

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6
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What is the common species are hookworms?

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Ancylostoma canium and uncinaria stenocephala

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7
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Hookworm causes the zoonotic disease

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Cutaneous larva mirgrans

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8
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What are hookworms most commonly treated with?

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Fenbendazole and pyrantel

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9
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How are roundworm transmitted?

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Tranplacental

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10
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How are hookworms transmitted?

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Transmammary

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11
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Whipworms are also called

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Trichuris vulpis

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12
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How are whipworms transmitted?

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Fecal oral

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13
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Severe infection of whipworms may lead to what?

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Hyperkalemia and hypoatremia

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14
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Where do whipworms live?

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Large intestine

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15
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What are the 3 types of nematodes?

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Roundworms, Hookworm, and whipworms

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16
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What is a cestode?

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Tapeworm

17
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What is the most common tapeworm in dogs and cats?

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Dipylidium caninum

18
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The tapeworm eggs are contained within the segments, the segments are referred to as?

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Proglottids

19
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What is the treatment of choice for tapeworms?

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Praziquantel

20
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What are the 2 trematodes?

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Flukes and Giardia

21
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What is the most well known fluke in Vet Med and is known as the common liver fluke?

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Fasciola heatica

22
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Flukes require what as an intermediate host?

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Snail

23
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What are flukes most commonly treated with?

A

Albendazole

24
Q

Giardia transmission is often through?

A

contaminated water

25
Q

What is a single celled intestinal microscopic parasite called?

A

Coccidia

26
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What is the most common coccidian in dogs and cats?

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Isopora

27
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What is the most common cocidian mostly seen in poultry/birds and rabbits?

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Eimeria

28
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What is the recommended treatment for coccidia?

A

Sulfadimenthoxine (albon)

29
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What is the name that causes hepatic coccidiosis in lagmomorphs?

A

Eimeria stiedai

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