What are the categories for 'Small and Large Strongyles' in horses
Phylum:
Order:
Family:
Sub-Family: (small and large)
Nematoda
Strongylida
Strongyloidea
Cyathostominae (small strongyles)
Strongylinae (large strongyles)
What are two nicknames for 'large stongyles'
bloodworms
redworms
What is considered the the most dangerous of the large strongyles
Strongylus vulgaris
what are the three types of large strongyles
Strongylus vulgaris
Strongylus equinus
Strongylus edentates
What are two other species that Strongyles are found in
Elephants
Rhinoceroses
Why are small strongyles not considered as pathogenic as large strongyles
They migrate mucosally and don't migrate viscerally like the large Strongyles do.
In Strongyle sp. what isteh ring like fence of projections that surround the mouth. Keep in mind Strongyles have no teeth or cutting plates.
corona radiata
What are the two most common large Strongyles sp. in the US
Strongylus vulgaris
Strongylus edentatus
What is the primary cause of colic in horses
Parasites, leading to pain, colic and eventually death of the horse
What are 6 intresting characteristics of Strongylus vulgaris
smallest of three lg. strongyles
most pathogenic
shortest prepatent period of 6 months, the others are 11 months
smallest of the eggs
migration via the intestinal arterial system (cranial mesenteric artery) leading to colic and death.
Most common cause of colic and death due to colic in the U.S.
What is the drug/procedure used to treat for pain in a horse with colic
Banamine
laxatives via naso-gastric tube and mineral oil
Explain why S. vulgaris is so pathogenic to a horse
Movement of the 4th stage larvae resulting in inflammation of arteries, clots, and moving clots that block the flow of blood to the intestines resulting in death of the bowel, no movement of enteric contents, leading to colic, pain and eventually death.
How many species of small strongyles are there
58
What is considered the largest Ascarid in domestic animals
Parascaris equorum in horses
What is the taxonomy for 'pinworms' in horses
Phylum:
Order:
Family:
Nematoda
Ascaridae
Oxyuroidea
What are the nicknames for Oxyuris equi
Pinworm
Nocturnal worm
Where is the target area for Strongyles in horses
cecum
colon
Oxyuris equi is said to have this life cycle
direct life cycle
What is the 'pinworm of man' and what is its nickname
Enterobius vermicularis
"Seatworm of man"
Where is the target location for Enterobius vermicularis in humans
Appendix
large intestine
female genitalia
This condition is caused by Oxyuris eggs being attached to the skin around the anus causing itching.
Pruritus ani (itchy anus)
What is the most common cause of death in horses in the US
Colic due to parasites
What are three genuses and species under the Family Oxyuroidea
Oxyyuris equi
Enterrobius vermicularis
Probstymarea vivipara
What is a nickname for Probstmayria viviparous
The minute pinworm
What is the target location for Probstmayria viviparous
Large intestines
Another term for pregnant
Gravid
What is the taxonomy for 'Parascaris equorum' in horses
Phylum:
Order:
Family:
Nematoda
Ascaridae
Ascaridoidea
What is Parascaris equorum closely related to
Ascaris suum in pigs
What is the only Ascarid in horses
Parascaris equorum
What is the Ascarid that causes foal heat
Parascaris equorum
What are the three types of bot flies
Gastrophilus intestinalis
Gastrophilus nasalis
Gastrophilus haemorrhoidalis
What is the proprietary name for 'Task' for horses
Equigard (Dichlorvos)
Why do we wait one month after the first frost in order to deworm horses
Allow the recently acquired larvae to complete their journey in the oral tissue and to reach the stomach so the drugs can effectively kill them.
What are 4 drugs used to treat for bots
Carbon disulfide - Parvex Plus
Dichlorvos - Equigard
Tricholorfon - Combot
Ivermectin - Ivermectin (drug of choice)
What are two organophosphates used to treat for bots
Dichlorvos - Equigard
Trichlorfon - Combot
What two parasites are shared with horses and other species
Trichostrongylus axei - ruminants
Strongylus westeri - swine
What are 5 stomach worms living in the abomasum of ruminants
Hamonchus placei
Hamonchus contortus
Trichostrongylus axei
Ostertagia ostertagi
Mecistocirrus
What is the taxonomy for Trichostrongylus axei
Phylum:
Order:
Family:
Nematoda
Strongylida
Trichostrongylidae
What parasites are considered more devastating in ruminants
Stomach worms
What two genus's cause 'Summer sores' in horses
Habronema sp.
Drashchia megastoma
What is the taxonomy for Habronema sp.
Phylum:
Order:
Super family:
Family:
Nematoda
Spirurida
Spiruroidea
Habronematidae
What are two ways that habronema and draschia are transmitted by flies
Larvae on the skin
Flies that are consumed
Habronema if ingested is said to cause ____, where as Draschia is said to cause this
Ulcers
tumors
What is the intermediate host for tapeworms in horses
Mites
What are the 4 parts of a ruminants stomach
Rumen
Reticulum
Omasum
Abomasum
All ruminant stomach worms are found in which stomach
Abomasum 'true stomach'
What are the two hookworms of ruminants
Bunostomum phlebotomum
Bunostomum trigonocephalum
What are two ways that ruminant hookworms are transmitted
Skin penetration
Oral consumption of larvae from food and/or water
What are the Genus of parasites under the order Strongylida
Ostertagia
Haemonchus
Cooperia
Trichostrongylus
Telodorsagia
Mecistocirrus
Oesophagostomum
Bunostomum
Chabertia
Camelostrongylus
Lamanema
What is the taxonomy of stomach worms for ruminants
Phylum:
Order:
Family:
Nematoda
Strongylida
Trichostrongyloidea
What is the swelling from the jaw to the chest called in ruminants, caused by stomach worms
Anasarca "Briskets Disease"
What is a term for a parasitic worm
Helminths
This drug was used to kill lungworm's in ruminants and as a immunostimulant in humans
Lavamicide
Most verminous pneumonias are caused by this genus and species
Protostrongylus rufescens
What is considered the most deadly lungworm for ruminants
Protostrongylus rufecens
What is the largest nematode in the human intestine and the most prevalent parasite of humans in the world
Ascaris lumbricoides
What is the percent of people infected with A. lumbricoides in the world
25% of the worlds population
What is the respiratory symptom called in swine with migrating Ascarids
Thumps
When Ascarids migrate in swine it causes consolidation in the liver commonly called
Milk spots
What are two things that can disqualify and pig from show
Deviated septum
Thumps
Even though Protostrongylus rufescens is a lungworm it belongs to the super family
Metastrongyloidea
What is the only lungworm of ruminants that has a indirect life cycle
Protostrongylus fufescens
what is the universal ID system for pigs called
Universal Ear Notching System
What are two Ascarids that do not feed on mucosa lining but the actual contents of the intestines
Ascaris suum
Ascaris lumbricoides
What is the first and second most common parasite for swine
Ascaris suum
Stephanurus dentatus
What is the taxonomy for Stephanurus dentatus
Phylum:
Order:
Family:
Nematoda
Strongylida
Strongylidea
What is the nick name for Stephanurus dentatus
Common kidney worm
What drug is used to treat Ascarids in swine
Thibendazole
What is the taxonomy for Rhabditoids in swine
Phylum:
Order:
Family:
Nematoda
Rhabditida
Rhabdiasoidea
What is the main route of transmission for Ascarids, Strongyloides, and Stephanurus dentatus in swine
Transmammary
What are the three Rhabditoids found in swine
Strongyloides westeri
Strongyloides suis
Strongyloides apri
What is the order for Physocephalus sexalatus and Ascarops strongylina
Spirurida
What is the nickname for Macracanthorhyncus hirudinaceous in swine
Thorny headed worm
Why was M. hirudinaceous considered a Nematode instead of a Cestode
because it had a pseudocoelom
What is the family for Oesophagostomum in ruminants
Syngamoidea
Oesophagostomum in ruminants is said to cause this disease
nodular worm disease
Which nodular worm in ruminants is found in the large intestine and form black nodules there
Oesophagostomum columbianum "sheep nodular worm"
What is the nickname for Dictyocaulus viviparous
Husk
What are all lungworm disease called in ruminants
Dicytocauliasis
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large animal nematodes - Equine, ruminants, and swine