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What are the two groups of parasitic flagellated Protozoa

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  1. Trichomonads and diplomonads
  2. Tyrpanosomatids
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Where do trichomonads and diplomonads primarily live

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GI and urogential tract

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Are trichomonads heteroxenous or monoxenous

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Monoxenous

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How are trichomonads and diplomonad transmitted

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Feces or genital secretions

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Where do trypanosomatids live

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Blood, lymph, tissue spaces

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Are trypanosomatids heteroxenous or monoxenous

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Heteroxenous

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How are trypanosomatids transmitted

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Hematophagus insects

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Trichomonads or diplomonads: 1 nucelus

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Trichomonads

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Trichomonads or diplomonads: 2 nuceli

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Diplomonads

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Trichomonads or diplomonads: form thick walled cysts

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Diplomonads

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Which species of Trichomonads causes diarrhea in cats

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T. Blagburni

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What species of Trichomonads cause infertility, spontaneous abortion in cows

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T. Foetus

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Which species of trichomonads cause lesions in upper digestive and respiratory tracts of wild and pet birds

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T. Gallinae

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What species of trichomonad is this? Commonly causes diarrhea in cats

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T. Blagburni

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What species of trichomonad is this? Causes abortion and infertility in cows

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T. Foetus

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What species of trichomonad is this? Causes lesions to upper digestive and respiratory tracts of birds

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T. Gallinae

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Is Giardia a trichomonad or diplomonad

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Diplomonad

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What form of Giardia causes disease in cockatiels, parakeets and other small psittacine birds

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G. Psittaci

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What species of Giardia infect dogs, cattle and cats

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G. Duodenalis

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How many nuclei do mature Giardia cysts contain

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4

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Upon excystation of Giardia cysts how many trophozoites emerge

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2

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What species of Giardia is this, commonly infects birds

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G, psittaci

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What species of Giardia is this, commonly infects mammals

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G. Duodenalis

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What parasitic Protozoa can be detected in lateral flow immunoassays

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Giardia and cryptosporidium

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Trypanosomatid trophozoites have a single ___ and harbor an organelle called ___ that trichomonads and diplomats lack
Flagellum and kinetoplast
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what species of trypanosoma is this, causes canine chagas disease
T. Cruzi
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What is the vector of T. Cruzi
Triatomine (kissing) bugs
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What are the two morphological forms of T. Cruzi
Trpomastigotes and amastigotes
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Where do trypomastigotes and amastigotes reside in dogs
Macrophages and cardiomyocytes
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What form of T. Cruzi is this
Trypomastigotes
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What form of T. Cruzi is this
amastigotes
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What is the most common species of Leishmania for domestic species
L. Infantum
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What is the primary species infected with L. Infatum
Dogs
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What is the vector for leishmania
Sandflies
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L. Infantum is often diagnosed in dogs imported from
Southern Europe or South America
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Autochthonus L. Infantum ingestion occurs in __from many eastern US states
Foxhounds
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How can Leishmania be transmitted between dogs
Transplacentally or via contaminated blood, oral and genital secretions
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What form of Leishmania is typically observed in macrophages in the skin, bone marrow and visceral organs
Amastigotes
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Where do ciliates typically live
GI tract
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Ciliates produced thick walled ___
Cysts
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Are ciliates monoxenous or heteroxenous
Monoxenous
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What serious entamoeba species that infects captive reptiles
E. Invadens
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What does E. Invadens cause in reptiles
Fatal colitis and extra-intestinal infection
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Describe the cysts of E. Invadens
Spheroid and contain 4 nuclei when mature
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What form of entamoeba sometimes cause colitis in dogs and cats
E. Histolytica
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What species does balatindium coli commonly infect
Swine
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T or F: balatinidum coli is typically parasitic in swine
No, typically commensal
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Describe the nuclei shapes of B. Coli
Kidney shaped macro nucleus and a spheroid micro nucleus
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What are the two main groups of apicomplexans
1. Coccidia and cryptosporidium 2. Piroplasmids and haemosporids
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Where do coccidia and cryptosporidium infect
GI tract
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Where do piroplasmids and haemosporids typically infect
RBC and leukocytes
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Are piroplasmids and haemosporids heteroxenous and monoxenous
Heteroxenous
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Cryptosporidium and coccidia multiply asexually and produce ___
Oocysts
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Are cryptosporidium monoxenous or heteroxenous
Monoxenous
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Cryptosporidium commonly cause diarrhea in what species
Calves, dogs and cats
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Are coccidia heteroxenous or monoxenous
Monoxenous and heteroxenous
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What are the monoxenous species of coccidia
Cystoisospora, eimeria, isospora
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What are the heteroxenous species of coccidia
Toxoplasma and neospora
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The rapidly dividing ___ causing systemically disease- chronic toxoplasmosis in kittens
Tachyzoites
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What is the main vector for piroplasmids
Ticks
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What are the major haemosporids
Plasmodium, leucocytozoon, and haemoproteus
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What is the preferred stain for cryptosporidium
Acid fast
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What parasitic Protozoa is this, commonly infects dogs and can cause cutaneous or visceral disease
Leishmania Infantum
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What parasitic Protozoa is this? Commonly infects reptiles. What are the dark purple circles
Entamoeba invadens Trophozoite Purple circles are ingested erythrocytes
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What parasitic Protozoa is this, commonly infects reptiles
E. Invadens cyst- note 4 nuclei
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What is this parasitic Protozoa? It is typically a commensal bacteria found in pigs but can cause disease
Balantidium coli Left: Trophozoite Right: cyst
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What parasitic Protozoa is this, that commonly causes diarrhea in cows
Cryptosporidium
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What parasitic Protozoa is this that commonly infects chickens
Eimeria Tenella
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What parasitic Protozoa is this that commonly infects cats
Cystoisospora felis
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What parasitic Protozoa is this that commonly infects cats
Toxoplasma gondii Left: oocyst Right: Tachyzoites
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What type of parasitic Protozoans are these? Which is on the left and which is on the right. How do you know
Left: babesia Bovis Right: babesia Bigemina Babesia Bigemina have large parasites in the RBC
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What parasitic Protozoa is this? Infects a variety of mammals and is vectored by mosquitoes
plasmodium

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