intestinal parasites
what is the life cycle of a trematode?
eggs, miracidia, cercaria, metacercaria, adults
fleas belongs to what class of animals
insects
name kingdom, phylum, and class of mites
Kingdom: animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachinida
in eimeria, how many sporozoites and how many sporocysts
2 sporozoites, 4 sporocysts
anopheles
what are the infective stages for hookworms, roundworms, and whipworms? (3 answers)
hook- L3
Round- L2
whip- L1
fleas have what type of life cycle
complete metamorphosis
what are the two types of feline demodectic mange
demodex gatoi (surface) and demodex cati (follicle)
what percentage of women have antibodies to toxoplasma?
30% antibodies
70% should be careful
name all the stages of heartworms
L1-microfilaria
L2- only in mosquitoes
L3-molting (infective stage)
L4-molting
L5- molting (teen stage)
L6- adults
what is the life cycle of spirometra?
unembryated eggs pass in feces, embryated eggs (coracidium) develop in water, crustacean eats coracidum, procercoid develops in first host, frogs eats crustacean, pleocercoid develops in second host, bobcat eats frog, become adults
tick control that is deadly to cats
permethrin
dont give rabbits this and dont give turtles this
rabbits= no fipronil
turtles= no ivermectin
what are the 3 treatments for giardia?
metronidazole, fenbendazole, drontal plus
describe heartworm treatment
first hw shot kills adults, 6 months of prevention which kills L3,L4, microfilaria, 30 days of antibiotics, second hw shot after 6 months, death
in whipworms, larva develops where?
cecum
tendency for flea larva to move deeper into carpets
positive geotropism
genus and species of one of the two mites in rats/mice
Myobia musculi
Radfordia affinis
what is the difference between a intermidiate host and paratenic host?
why is it important to keep the dogs calm if they are going through heartworm treatment?
blood vessels constrict when excited, making blood harder to go through when on steroidal anti inflammatories
what is the second stage larva name in tapeworms
Cysteicerci, strobilocerci, coenuri, hydatids
three diseases for which ticks are vectors for
anaplasmosis, ehrlichiosis, babesiosis, lyme disease, RMSF
how do you diagnosis between demodex and sarcoptes
Demodex= localized/generalized (5 scrapings at least with blood
Sarcoptes= IS NOT localized/generalized (multiple scrapings maybe needed but if you find one its there)
what is the treatment for cytauxzoon felis
atovaquone and azithromycin
what is the treatment for ferrets?
ivermectin tablets or liquid ivermectin