Anatomy
This is the general body shape of all nematodes
What is round (roundworm)?
Nematode lifecycles are frequently_________, meaning they have no intermediate hosts.
What is direct?
Dirofilaria immitis
What is heartworm?
This is the most common sign of roundworm infection.
What is diarrhea/scours?
VLM stands for this.
What is Visceral Larva Migrans?
"Ellipsoidal, thin-walled, smooth-shelled, strongyle-type" is the description for what?
What is the nematode ova/egg?
This is the infective larval stage of most nematodes.
What is L3?
Oxyuris equi
What is "Pin worm"?
This life-threatening condition in horses can be triggered by nematode infection (and almost everything else, silly horses).
What is colic?
This is the most important instruction you can give a pet owner and her children that have a pet suffering from intestinal parasites.
What is "wash your hands"?
This morphologically-varied structure is found at the anterior end of an adult nematode and may contain plates, suction tubes or even teeth.
What is the buccal cavity?
This nematode requires the mosquito as its intermediate host
What is D. immitis/heartworm?
Thelazia's nickname comes from its unusual habitat preference, directly related to its intermediate host.
What is "eyeworm"?
This class of anti-helminthic drugs must be used with caution in dogs that have the MDR1 genetic mutation.
What are Avermectins? (or Macrocyclic lactones)
This is the cause for "creeping eruptions" in an accidental human infection of hookworms.
What is CLM? (also accept larva)
What is a red & white spiral of uterus:GI?
The type of fecal test used to identify Aelurostrongylus infection in cats.
What is Baermann?
Ancylostoma caninum
What is "hookworm"?
Ostertagia is mainly a problem in lambs in the spring due to...
What is hypobiosis?
This nematode is transmitted among carnivores.
What is Trichinella?
This is the term for the external covering of an adult nematode.
What is cuticle?
This nematode is infective at all larval stages
What is Trichuris/whipworm or Filaroides/lungworm?
A nematode that enters and leaves the body via the GI tract, but the adults cause pneumonia, not scours.
What is lungworm?
This species of the group of "lg strongyles of horses" is the most pathogenic.
What is Strongylus vulgaris?
This nematode can be transmitted percutaneously from animals to humans and the larvae can migrate to the GIT, lungs, etc.
What is a Strongyloides stercoralis?