Parasitology

  1. Fasciola hepatica "Liver fluke"
  2. Tapeworm adult
    • Dipylidium caninum
    • -egg baskets
    • Taenia spp.
    • -round with radial striations
    • -pink and green
    • Echinococcus adult
    • -3 segments
    • Anoplocephala spp.
    • -D shaped
    • Moniezia spp.
    • -square or triangular
  3. Roundworm adult
    • Toxocara spp.
    • -outer ropey appearanceĀ 
    • -golden brown color
    • -large, dark brown to black nucleus that fills entire shell
    • Toxascaris leonina
    • -inner ropey appearance
    • -nucleus does not fill entire shell
    • Hookworm
    • TASE
    • -oval with blastomeres
    • Oxyuris equi- Horse pinworm
    • -single operculated
    • -oval
    • -smooth, thick shell
    • Dioctophyma renale- Giant kidney worm
    • -barrel shaped
    • -thick, pitted appearance
    • -yellowish brown
    • Pearsonema spp. (Capillaria)- Bladder worm
    • -double operculated
    • -flattened protruding plugs
    • Trichuris spp.- Whipworm
    • -double operculated
    • -thick, brownish shell
    • -lemon shaped
  4. Dirofilaria immitis- Heartworm
  5. Clostridium
  6. Campylobacter
    • Giardia
    • -Trophozoites
    • -have one or more long, slender, flagella for motility
    • Coccidia Isospora
    • -Cystoisospora
    • -2 nuclei
    • Coccidia Eimeria
    • -solid or double black ring with 1 nucleus
    • -oval and more narrow at one end
    • -4 nuclei
    • Tick
    • -Argasid tick
    • -Ixodid tick
  7. Bot Fly Larva
    • Demodex
    • -mite
    • Otodectes
    • -ear mite
    • Cheyletiella
    • -mite
    • -walking dandruff
    • -palpal claws
    • Ctenocephalides
    • -flea
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tiff8152
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Card Set
Parasitology
Description
Parasites
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