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Parasites
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Undergraduate 2
03/06/2014

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Term
Mosquitos
Definition
Vector for heartworm disease, West Nile Virus, and other viral diseases
Term
Biting Flies
Definition
Vector for fly bite dermatitis, commonly on ear tips
Term
Biting Lice
Definition

Pediculosis; itching and hair loss

 

-intermediate host for tapeworms

Term
Sucking Lice
Definition
pediculosis; itching and hair loss
Term
Fleas
Definition

anemia; itching and hair loss

 

- Int. hosts for tapeworms and nematodes

Term
Mosquitos
Biting Flies
Biting Lice
Sucking Lice
Fleas
Definition

Insect Arthropoda

Term
1. Scabies 6. American Dog Tick, Wood Tick
2. Feline Scabies 7. Lone Star Tick
3. Ear Mites 8. Gulf Coast Tick
4. Chiggers 9. Deer Tick
5. Red Mange, Demodicosis, Follicular Mange
10. Continental Rabbit Tick
Definition

10 Arachnid Arthropoda

 

Term
Scabies
Definition

Highly contagious skin disease with severe itching and hair loss

 

- H: Dog, fox, pig, sheep, goat, cattle, humans

Term
Feline Scabies
Definition

highly contagious skin disease with itching, hair loss, and crusting of the head and legs

 

H: Cats, rabbits, humans, occasionally dogs

Term
Ear Mites
Definition

dark exudates in ear canals, shaking and scratching at ears, secondary ear infections

 

H: Dogs, cats, and other carnivores

Term
Red Mange, Demodicosis, Follicular Mange
Definition

Hair loss, secondary skin infections, passed from bitch to puppies but is not contagious in adult dogs

 

H: Dogs

Term
Chiggers
Definition

Larvae are parasitic, result in severe itching that persists for days after the larvae fall off or is removed

 

H: Many animals

Term
American Dog Tick and Wood Tick
Definition

Rocky Mountain spotted fever, tularemia, and tick paralysis

 

H: Mice, rodents, dog, humans

Term
Lone Star Tick
Definition

Tularemia and Rocky Mountain spotted fever

 

H: Many animals, humans

Term
Gulf Coast Tick
Definition

feeds in ears, can cause tick paralyis

 

H: cattle, horses, sheep, dogs, humans

Term
Deer Tick
Definition

larvae transmit Lyme disease

 

H: deer, mice, voles, humans, dogs

Term
Continental Rabbit Tick
Definition

transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and tularemia

 

H: rabbits, birds, dogs, cats, humans

Term
1. Thread Worm (2 types)
2. Hook Worm (4 types)
3. Lungworms
4. Roundworm
5. Heartworm
6. Whipworm
Definition
Nematoda Parasites
Term
Thread Worm
Definition

Diarrhea in puppies, dermatitis from larvae penetration of skin

 

H: Dogs

Term
Hook Worm (4 types) (Ancylostoma Caninum)
Definition

Anemia, black tarry feces

 

H: Dogs

Term
Lungworms
Definition

Coughing nodules in lungs

 

H: Dogs and Cats

Term
Roundworm (Toxascaris Leonina)
Definition

Vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, abdominal distension, poor growth, larvae may produce disease in humans

 

H: Dogs and Cats

Term
Heartworm
Definition

Coughing, right heart failure, microfilaria are found in the blood and transmitted by mosquitos

 

H: Dogs and Cats

Term
Whipworm (Trichuris Vulpis)
Definition

found in cecum and colon, produce diarrhea with mucus and blood

 

H: Dogs (rarely cats)

Term
Flukes
- Allaria spp
- Lung Fluke

Tapeworms
- Taenia Solium
Definition
Platyhelminthes
Term
Allaria spp
Definition

Intermediate Hosts: snake, bird, small mammall, leopard frog and tadpole

 

Definitive Hosts: Dogs and cats

 

Disease: Intestinal Flukes

Term
Lung Fluke
Definition

Intermediate Host: Aquatic snails, crabs, crayfish

 

Definitive Host: Cats, dogs, other carnivores, pigs, humans

 

Disease: Coughing and sometimes blood in the sputum

Term
Taenia Solium (Tapeworm)
Definition

Intermediate Host: pigs, dogs, humans, others

 

Definitive Host: Humans

 

Disease: usually asymptomatic and harmless.  May cause blindness and brain damage if infected by the larval stage

Term
1. Trypanosoma Cruzi
2. Leishmania spp
3. Giardia intestinalis
4. Isospora spp
5. Toxoplasma Gondii
Definition
Protozoa Kingdom
Term
Trypanosoma Cruzi
Definition

Intermediate Host: kissing bug

 

Definitive Host: dogs, humans

 

Disease: No disease in dogs, causes Chagas disease in humans

Term
Leishmania spp
Definition

IH: sand flies

DH: dogs, humans, rarely cats

Disease: Leishmanias, scaly skin, cutaneous nodule, hair loss, fever, anemia, enlargement of liver, spleen and lymph nodes, weight loss, death

Term
Giardia intestinalis
Definition

DH: Many vertebrates

 

Disease: giardiasis, diarrhea, soft stools

Term
Isospora spp
Definition

DH: dogs and cats

 

Disease: coccidiosis, diarrhea especially in puppies and kittens

Term
Toxoplasma gondii
Definition

IH: Many animals

 

DH: Cats

 

Disease: blindness, vomiting, diarrhea, fever, seizures, muscle weakness, incoordination, pneumonia, paralysis

 

Term
Coccidia
Definition

Causes diarrhea, hemorrhagic enteritis, and poor growth

 

Occurs during very stressful events, such as weaning

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