Heart Worm
Lab
Mites/Lice
Fleas/Ticks
Zoonosis
100
The scientific name for heartworm is what?
What is Dirofilaria immitis
100
What is the preferred technique for finding parasite eggs
What is centrifugation
100
This mite is easy to find, difficult to treat
What is Demodex
100
What do we call flea feces?
What is flea dirt
100
This zoonotic protozoan is found in cat feces
What is T. gondii
200
What are the three domestic species it infects
What is cat, dog, ferret
200
What is the perferred floatation solution for nematodes?
What is Sheather's sugar
200
This mite is difficult to find, easy to treat.
What is S. scabiei
200
The hard shield of the tick
What is scutum
200
CLM is contracted to humans by what parasite?
What is HOOKs
300
This is the intermediate host of heart worm
What is mosquito
300
What is the preferred solution for giardia?
What is Zinc Sulfate
300
This is the sucking louse
What is Anoplura
300
Name the four stages of the flea
What is egg, larva, pupa, adult
300
VLM is contracted to humans via what parasite
What is B. procyonis
400
How many months does it take for heart worm to be seen in circulation
What is 6-7
400
How are fecal exams reported if there aren't any eggs seen?
What is NOO, NPS, NOS, NPO
400
Scientific name for ear mite
What is Otodectes cyonotis
400
Name the four stages of the tick
What is egg, 6 legged larva, 8 legged larva, adult
400
This protozoan can be contracted through contaminated water.
What is giardia/coccidia/crypto
500
What nematode is often mistaken for heartworm
What is A. reconditum, Rhabditis, Dracunculus
500
When is a direct smear the preferred method?
What is finding giardia, very loose sample, small amount
500
Infestation with mites
What is acariasis
500
This tick carries Lyme disease SCIENTIFIC
What is Ixodes/deer tick
500
This mite can be potentially zoonotic. SCIENTIFIC ONLY
What is Sarcoptes scabiei
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