(26) Hookworms

Question 1

Question 2

(Ancylostoma Caninum)

1. aka?
2. hosts?
3. 5. paratenic hosts?
4. location in body?
5. WW
6. eggs

strongyle type - how mancy cells when passed in feces?

Answer 2

1. dog hookworm
2. dogs, foxes, wolves, coyotes (rare in cats)
3. 5 mice, rats, beetles and roaches
4. SI
5. 2 to 8

Question 3

1. What route is thought to be the most common?

Answer 3

1. the oral route

Question 4

(Ancylostoma Caninum)

1. epidemiology:

common in all ages, prolific egg layers - which are very important in dynamics of the worm population?

2. transmission (5 ways)?
3. path?

severity depends on age, iron reserves, immunity… which breeds more hardy?

4. Clinical Signs…

can get asympotmatic to fatal

basically more numbers/shorter time spane mea n it will be worse

peracute (lactogenic of many) > acute > chornic or compensated > secondary or decompensated

5. treatment… deworm dogs at what intervals?

Answer 4

1. hypobiotic larvae
2. ingestion of L3

skin penetration of L3

lactogenic

prenatal (very minor)

paratenic host

3. plug feeders - wounds bleed after they finish –> anemia

larger breeds

5. bitch 2 weeks after whelping

pups 2,4,6,8

monthly preventative

Question 5

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Question 7

(Ancylostoma Tubaeformae)

1. aka?
2. hosts?
3. location in body?
4. WW (not UK)
5. use what kind of transmission?
6. infects adults and kittens

Answer 7

1. hookworm of cats
2. most felids (rare in dogs)
3. SI
4. lactogenic (not prenatal)

Question 8

(Ancylosoma Braziliense)

1. hookworm of what?
2. in SE US, Latin America and Africa
3. more in dogs or cats?
4. path vs A. caninum?
5. major cause of what in humans?

Answer 8

1. dogs and cats
2. cats
3. less
4. Cutaenous Larva Migrans (CLM)

Question 9

(Uncinara Stenocephala)

1. what is it?
2. hosts?
3. eggs and larvae survive freezing

Answer 9

1. Northern Hookworm of carnivores
2. dogs, foxes, wolves (rarely cats)

Question 10

(Human

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Question 12

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