VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY

Question 1

(Nematodes) Toxocara

Answer 1

Roundworm- Canine&Feline

Question 2

(Nematodes) Ancylostoma

Answer 2

Hookworm- Canine&Feline

Question 3

(Nematodes) Strongyloides

Answer 3

Threadworms- Canine and Feline

Question 4

(Nematodes) Trichius

Answer 4

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

Question 5

(Nematode) Aelurostronglus abstrusus

Answer 5

Lungworm- Feline

Question 6

(Nematode) Filaroides

Answer 6

Lungworm- canine

Question 7

(Cestodes) Dipylidium caninum

Answer 7

Double pored tapeworm, flea tapeworm- Canine & Feline

Question 8

(Cestodes) Taenia

Answer 8

Multon tape worm of dogs (T. ovis)

Question 9

Simple Fecal Flotation

Answer 9

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.

Question 10

Nematodes

Answer 10

Roundworms

Question 11

Cestodes

Answer 11

Tapeworm

Question 12

(Cestodes) Taenia formis

Answer 12

Tapeworm- Feline

Question 13

Echinococcus

Answer 13

Multiocular tape worm

Question 14

(Trematodes) Alaria

Answer 14

Intestinal flukes- Canine and Feline

Question 15

(Trematodes) Paragonium kellicotti

Answer 15

Lung fluke- Canine&Feline

Question 16

(Protozoans) Giardia

Answer 16

Canine, feline, equine ruminants

Question 17

(Protozoans)
Cystoisospora, former Isospora

Answer 17

Coccidia- Canine and Feline

Question 18

(Protozoans) Toxoplasma gondii

Answer 18

Feline (can occur on other species)

Question 19

(Protozoans) Cryptosporidium

Answer 19

Canine, feline, ovine, swine

Question 20

(Fleas) Ctenocephalides

Answer 20

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

Question 21

(Ticks) Rhipicephalus sanguiners

Answer 21

Dog tick- Canine

Question 22

(Ticks) Ixodes ucapularis

Answer 22

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

Question 23

(Tick) Dermacentor andersoni

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Pooled Sample

Answer 24

Obtain from group of animals house together

Question 25

Simple Fecal Flotation

Answer 25

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

Question 26

Baermann technique

Answer 26

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

Question 27

Common flotation medium of Simple Fecal Flotation Technique

Answer 27

Sodium nitrate

Question 28

Other popular solutions of Simple Fecal Flotation Technique

Answer 28

Sheathers and Zinc Sulfate

Question 29

Zinc Sulfate

Answer 29

Concentrating cystic form of available in Vet supply protozoans

Question 30

Sheathers

Answer 30

Aka sugar quite sticky tend to float between egg and inexpensive

Question 31

Centrifugation technique

Answer 31

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

Question 32

(Tick) Ambiyomma americanum

Answer 32

Mammals, including human (intermediate host; small mammals)

Question 33

Gross examination

Answer 33

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

Question 34

Gross parasites

Answer 34

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