STEPHANUROSIS

Question 1

Also known as kideny worm infection

Answer 1

Stephanurosis

Question 2

Causative agent of kidney worm infection/stephanurosis

Answer 2

Stephanurus dentatus

Question 3

In what organism this stephanurosis occurs

Answer 3

Swine

Question 4

Predilection site of kidney worm infection/stephanurosis

Answer 4

Kidney
Renal pelvic
Ureter
Perirenal fat
Liver

Question 5

Disease Appearance

Answer 5

Patchy liver

Question 6

Size of adult kidney worm

Answer 6

20-45 mm long and 2mm in diameter

Question 7

Prepatent period

Answer 7

At least 3 years of age

Question 8

True or false. Ova are passed in the host urine

Answer 8

True

Question 9

Ova are hatch in how many days?

Answer 9

1-2 days

Question 10

Larva are infective in how many days?

Answer 10

3-5 days

Question 11

Infective stage of stephanurus dentatus

Answer 11

L3 or Larva 3

Question 12

True or false. Immature/mature larva is more pathogenic than adult

Answer 12

True

Question 13

Route of transmission of stephanurosis

Answer 13

Per oral
Per cutaneous

Question 14

Most obvious lessions of the disease stephanurosis

Answer 14

-Gray to white, cirrhotic liver contain small abscesses
-swelling of mesenteric lymph nodes
-phlebitis

Question 15

Diagnosis of stephanurosis

Answer 15

Urinalysis
Necropsy

Question 16

Preventive measures of stephanurosis

Answer 16

-breeding program that use gilts and young boar
-slaughter animal after producing 1 litter
-eradication

Question 17

Clinical sign of stephanurosis

Answer 17

-paralysis
-Failure to gain weight
-Weight loss
-loss of appetite
-emaciation

Question 18

Drug used in stephanurosis in pigs

Answer 18

Levamisole
Ivermectin