Week 4 Flashcards
trematodes
flukes
cestodes
tapeworms
best way to diagnose tapeworms
in feces or under the tail (rice like)
gravid
segments contain eggs
what does praziquantel treat
all tapeworms and only tapeworms
best way to diagnose flukes
sedimentation
how do tapeworms absorb nutrients
through their integument (skin)
hexacanth
larva stage of proglottids
types of tapeworm eggs
dipylidium (flea) (big egg)
taenia (rodent) (little egg)
are tapeworms larger or smaller than hookworms
larger, less define ovular shape
cysticercus the?
larva stage on cysticercus and taenia in large animals.
IH=
grain mite in equine
trans=
ingesting grain infested by mite in equine
anoplocephala
equine tapeworm
tapeworm tx:
praziquantel, pyrantel