Toxoplasmosis and Giardia

Question 1

What parasite causes toxoplasmosis

Answer 1

Protozoan Toxoplasma gondii

Question 2

Toxoplasmosis Definitive host

Answer 2

Intestinal coccidian parasite of cats

Question 3

Toxoplasmosis Intermediate host

Answer 3

Warm-blooded vertebrates

rats, small birds

Question 4

How can people become infected with toxoplasmosis?

Answer 4

Accidental ingestion of oocytes after cleaning the litter box
Accidental ingestion of oocytes in contaminated soil
Drinking contaminated water

Question 5

Giardia (Giardia spp) Host

Answer 5

Dog, cat, cow, horse, bird

Question 6

Giardia Trophozoite

Motile feeding stage

Answer 6

dorsoventrally flattened
Four pairs of flagella
Two nuclei and an adhesive disc (runs down the center)
“Falling leaf” motility pattern

Question 7

Giardia Routes of transmission

Answer 7

• Fecal oral
• Animal to human
• Accidental ingestion of cysts after cleaning the litter box
• Accidental ingestion of cysts after touching or ingesting anything that has encountered dog feces
• Accidental ingestion of cysts in contaminated soil
• Drinking contaminated water

Question 8

Giardia Clinical signs

Answer 8

Diarrhea with gas and bloating

Question 9

Tritrichomonas foetus

Answer 9

Infects the reproductive tract of cattle

Resides in the bull’s prepuce and transmitted to the female’s vagina, cervix

Question 10

What does Tritrichomonas foetus cause?

Answer 10

Causes infertility, pyometra, abortion in cattle