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VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY Flashcards

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(Nematodes) Toxocara

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Roundworm- Canine&Feline

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(Nematodes) Ancylostoma

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Hookworm- Canine&Feline

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(Nematodes) Strongyloides

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Threadworms- Canine and Feline

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(Nematodes) Trichius

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Whip worms- T. campunala (canine)
T. serrate (feline)

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(Nematode) Aelurostronglus abstrusus

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Lungworm- Feline

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(Nematode) Filaroides

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Lungworm- canine

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(Cestodes) Dipylidium caninum

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Double pored tapeworm, flea tapeworm- Canine & Feline

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(Cestodes) Taenia

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Multon tape worm of dogs (T. ovis)

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Simple Fecal Flotation

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Estimated made of number of parasite ova per gram of feces. This technique used on small amount of fecal material found on end of thermometer.

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Nematodes

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Roundworms

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Cestodes

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Tapeworm

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(Cestodes) Taenia formis

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Tapeworm- Feline

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Echinococcus

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Multiocular tape worm

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(Trematodes) Alaria

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Intestinal flukes- Canine and Feline

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(Trematodes) Paragonium kellicotti

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Lung fluke- Canine&Feline

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(Protozoans) Giardia

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Canine, feline, equine ruminants

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(Protozoans)
Cystoisospora, former Isospora

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Coccidia- Canine and Feline

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(Protozoans) Toxoplasma gondii

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Feline (can occur on other species)

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(Protozoans) Cryptosporidium

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Canine, feline, ovine, swine

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(Fleas) Ctenocephalides

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(C. felis) Canine. Feline- Canine(Canis)

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(Ticks) Rhipicephalus sanguiners

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Dog tick- Canine

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(Ticks) Ixodes ucapularis

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Wood tick/ American dog tick- Canine, equine, ruminants, small mammal human

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(Tick) Dermacentor andersoni

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Wood tick- Canine, Equine, Bovine, Ovine & humans

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Pooled Sample

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Obtain from group of animals house together

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Simple Fecal Flotation

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Principles: Diff in specific gravity of parasite egg & cysts from fecal debris in solution

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Baermann technique

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Contrast to previous method mention use to recover parasite larva not ova

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Common flotation medium of Simple Fecal Flotation Technique

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Sodium nitrate

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Other popular solutions of Simple Fecal Flotation Technique

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Sheathers and Zinc Sulfate

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Zinc Sulfate

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Concentrating cystic form of available in Vet supply protozoans

30
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Sheathers

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Aka sugar quite sticky tend to float between egg and inexpensive

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Centrifugation technique

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Efficient recovering parasite ova from sample. Require little more specialized equipment

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(Tick) Ambiyomma americanum

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Mammals, including human (intermediate host; small mammals)

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Gross examination

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Upon receiving fecal sample, gross exam first performed to examine physical characteristics

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Gross parasites

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Parasite may visible upon examination. Most common seen on dogs cat feces these are roundworms proglottids of tapeworms.

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