Endoparasites
Endoparasites 2.0
Ectoparasites
Microbiology
Microbiology 2.0
100

List 7 internal parasites

Roundworm, hookworm, whipworm, tapeworm, coccidia, pinworms, giant kidney worm etc etc

100

List 3 categories of internal parasites (use scientific names)

Nematodes (roundworms), cestodes (tapeworms), trematodes (flatworms), protozoa, 

100

List 6 external parasites

Lice, fleas, ticks, cheyletiella, ringworm, demodex, sarcoptes, ear mites etc

100

Using gram stain: Gram negative bacteria stain ______ and gram positive bacteria stain _________

Negative = pink

Positive = purple or dark blue

100

List 4 sterile samples in the body (these samples should be free of bacteria in a normal patient)

Blood, urine, Spinal fluid, Joint fluid, Solid organs, Milk, lower respiratory tract

200

What is a protozoa and give an example of a parasitic protozoa

Unicellular organism

Giardia, coccidia, cryptosporidium, toxoplasmosis

200
Define prepatent period

The period of time from when the initial infection began until the infection can be detected using diagnostic techniques

200

Name 3 procedures used to evaluate a patient for external parasites

Skin scraping, cellophane tape method, UV light (woods lamp), combing fur with flea comb etc

200

List 3 shapes of bacteria

Cocci, rods, spirochete, coccobacilli

200

What is a selective media plate

Will only grow either gram negative or gram positive bacteria

300

What is the prepatent period for dirofilaria immitis 

6-8 months

300

What parasite is associated with cutaneous larval migrans in humans?

Hookworms

300

What is the proper name for a flea

Ctenocephalide

300

What solution is utilized during a catalase test?

3% Hydrogen peroxide (Bubbling is a POSITIVE reaction - Staph is catalase positive, and strep is catalase negative) 

300

List 3 bacterial media plates used in veterinary medicine

MacConkey Agar (selects gram negative), Mueller hinton agar (antibiotic sensitivity testing) Salmonella-Shigella (gram negative GI bacteria), Typrticase soy agar - also known as BAP (Blood Agar Plate - general medium) etc etc

400

What is the proper name of the individual sections of an adult tapeworm?

Proglottid

400

What is the proper term for the bipolar plugs on the ends of certain parasite eggs?

Operculum (on parasite eggs such as whipworm)

400

List 3 diseases that can be transmitted by ticks

Lyme (borreliosis), Ehrlichiosis, Anaplasma, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Bartonella


400

A catalase test is used to differentiate between which two gram positive cocci

Staphlycoccus and streptococcus (Staph is catalase positive)

400

Which test is used as an initial screen to detect subclinical mastitis in dairy cows?

California Mastitis Test

500

Describe the typical characteristics of a trematode (fluke)

Flatworm, unsegmented, leaf shaped body, hermaphroditic, usually have an operculum at the "end portion"

500

What fecal float solution is the best option to locate giardia 

Zinc sulfate

500

List 3 common tick species

Ixodes scapularis (Deer or Blacklegged), Dermacentor variabilis (American Dog Tick), Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Brown Dog Tick) Amblyomma americanum (Lone Star Tick) 

500

What shape of bacteria is Leptospirsosis

Spirochete

500

What is the common temperature at which samples are incubated for microbiology

35-37.5 degrees celcius