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
rugal folds
more surface area for digestion in stomach
mucosa
lining of organs and stomach
caninum is what species
dogs and cats
what movie are robot tapeworms from
Alien
digenetic
sexual and asexual reproduction
what parasite is hermaphroditic
flukes
what are the major 1 cell organisms
amoeba
cilia
flagella
what flukes arent in the GI
paragonimus ke;;icoti and schistosomes
how many apperculums does a fluke have
1
fasciola hepatica
most clinical fluke