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?
Haemonchus spp. gets its nickname from the adult female worm's unusual coloration.
What is the "barberpole 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 same IH for 2 different developmental phases in its lifecycle.
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)
This anterior structure helps us differentiate among T. leonina, T. cati, and T. canis
What are alae?
A stage of arrested development in the lifecycle of some nematodes.
What is Hypobiosis?
Dioctophyma renale gets its nickname from the location it migrates to within the dog AND is a reference to how the ova are found.
What is "kidney worm"?
This is a severe transmammary hookworm infection in puppies.
What is peracute ancylostomatiasis?
This canine ascarid species is zoonotic; it is most easily differentiated from other ascarids by the alae.
What is Toxocara canis?
This is the term for the external covering of an adult nematode.
What is cuticle?
This phenomenon occurs in threadworm infections when a host/patient is chronically re-infected even in isolation.
What is Autoinfection?
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?
What is a "muscle squash prep"?