Nematodes
Common name for Nematodes?
What are Roundworms?
Direct life cycle
What is no intermediate host is needed for development to infective stage?
Fleas belong to this order.
What is Siphonaptera?
Dirofilaria immitus
What are mosquitoes?
Paragonimus kellicotti
What is the lung fluke of dogs?
Dipylidium caninum
Flea tapeworm
Infective stage of protozoa
What are cysts?
Decrease in blood levels of potassium.
What is hypokalemia?
This term describes a parasite that lives on the surface of the host.
What is an ectoparasite?
Trichuris vulpis
What is the whipworm of dogs?
Indirect life cycle
What is an intermediate host is needed for development to infective stage?
Fleas are wingless insects with legs adapted for this movement.
What is jumping?
Dipylidium caninum
What are fleas?
Fasciola hepatica
What is the liver fluke of ruminants?
Cotyloda
What are pseudotapeworms?
Cystoisospora canis
Canine Coccidia
Hypernatremia
What is increased levels of blood sodium?
Both C. felis and C. canis may serve as intermediate hosts for this common tapeworm of dogs and cats.
What is Dipyidium caninum?
Muellerius capillaris
What is the hair lungworm of ruminants?
Parasitism
What is a symbiotic relationship in which one animal benefits and the other is harmed?
A heavy flea infestation may cause this blood-related condition.
What is anemia?
Which class of parasites must use an intermediate host?
What are cestodes?
Intestinal fluke of dogs and cats
What are Alaria sp?
True tapeworms
What are Eucestoda?
Motile feeding stage of Giardia
An increase in this by-product can indicate hypoperfusion or hypoxia.
What is lactate?
Unlike insects, arachnids do not have these sensory structures.
What are antennae?
Toxocara vitulorum
What is the roundworm (ascarid) of calves?
Mutualism
What is a symbiotic relationship in which both organisms benefit
Scientific name (genus and species) of the most common flea infecting small animals in the United States.
What is Ctenochephalides Felis?
Taenia pisiformis
What are rabbits/hares?
Nanophyetus salmincola
What is the salmon poisoning fluke of dogs?
Tapeworm species associated with Hydatid disease
What are Echinococcus sp.?
short flagella arranged in rows or tufts used for locomotion
What are cilia?
Name 2 (of 3) pancreatic tests for endocrine function
What are Glucose, Fructosamine, Glycosolated Hemoglobin?
Infestation by leeches is known by this term.
What is hirudiniasis?
Trichuroid often associated with eating undercooked beef or pork
What is Trichinella spiralis?
Commensalism
What is a symbiotic relationship in which one organism benefits and the other is unaffected?
Flea saliva can cause pruritus and hypersensitivity, commonly called this skin condition.
What is flea bite dermatitis or miliary dermatitis?
Taenia taeniaeformis
What are mice/rats?
Platynosomum fastosum
What is the lizard poisoning fluke of cats?
Pork tapeworm in humans
What is taenia solium?
Hemoprotozoans, transmitted by flies, that infect many mammals
What are Leishmania?
GI function test where serum levels of both results are decreased with malabsorption
What are cobalamin and folate?
Ctenocephalides felis may transmit flea-borne typhus and this disease associated with cats.
What is cat scratch disease/cat scratch fever?