Nematodes

Question 1

Most nematodes are separate sexes, called

Answer 1

Dioecious

Question 2

Describe an ascaroid egg

Answer 2

Round with a thick egg wall and a single cell stage

Question 3

Describe a spiruoid egg

Answer 3

Slightly ovular with a thin wall and 1st stage larva

Question 4

Describe trichostrongyle eggs

Answer 4

Ovular shape with the morula stage and a thin wall

Question 5

Describe Trichinelloid eggs

Answer 5

Football shaped with 2 caps t the wnd

Question 6

Which nematode has a trichinelloid egg?

Answer 6

Whipworm

Question 7

Which nematode has a spiruoid egg?

Answer 7

Esophageal worm of dogs

Question 8

Which nematode has ascaroid eggs?

Answer 8

Canine roundworm

Question 9

Which nematode has. Trichostrongyle egg?

Answer 9

Hookworm

Question 10

Which nematode is larviparous?

Answer 10

Lungworm of cats

Question 11

Which stage is the common infection stage for nematodes?

Answer 11

L3

Question 12

What is the common name for Spirocerca lupi?

Answer 12

Esophageal worm of dogs and cats

Question 13

What is the common name for Physaloptera?

Answer 13

Stomach worms of canine and feline

Question 14

What are adverse signs of Physaloptera and what does it eat?

Answer 14

Vomiting, anorexia and dark tarry stools . Eats blood and tissue from gastric mucosa.

Question 15

What is the common name for ollulanus tricuspis?

Answer 15

Feline trichostrongyle

Question 16

How iis ollulanus tricuspis identified?

Answer 16

Examining t he cat’s vomits under a dissecting or compound microscope or modified Sheather flotation solution

Question 17

What is the genus name for feline and canine roundworms?

Answer 17

Toxocara

Question 18

Where does toxocara live?

Answer 18

Small intestine, free swimming

Question 19

What are adverse signs of toxocara infection?

Answer 19

Vomiting, diarrhea, constipation

Question 20

What is the common name for the Ancylostoma?

Answer 20

Hookworm

Question 21

How are hookworms transmitted?

Answer 21

Ingesting eggs, across placenta, through mammary glands and through skin

Question 22

Which nematode causes anemia and black tarry stools?

Answer 22

Hookworms

Question 23

Which nematode is parthenogetic?

Answer 23

Strongyloides, or intestinal threadeorm

Question 24

What do intestinal threadworms infect?

Answer 24

Cats, dogs and humans

Question 25

What is the common name of Trichuris?

Answer 25

Whipworm

Question 26

Where do whipworms live?

Answer 26

Cecum and colon

Question 27

How many days are the whipworm eggs passed out in feces?

Answer 27

Every 3 days

Question 28

What is the common name for Enterobius vermicularis?

Answer 28

Human pinworm

Question 29

What are larva of heartworms calledm

Answer 29

Microfilaria

Question 30

What is the scientific name for heartworm?

Answer 30

Dirofilaria Immitis

Question 31

Which test do you use to test for heart worm microfilaria?

Answer 31

Modified knott's tedt

Question 32

Which tests you use to identify adult heart worms?

Answer 32

ELISA test

Question 33

Which other blood parasite does heartworm have to be differentiated from?

Answer 33

Acanthocheilonema reconditum

Question 34

What are symptoms of heartworms?

Answer 34

Exercise intolerance, right sided heart enlargement, and abdominal ascites

Question 35

What is the common name for aelurostrongyle abstrusus?

Answer 35

Feline lungworm

Question 36

What is the common name for Oslerus?

Answer 36

Canine lungworm

Question 37

Where do canineungworms live?

Answer 37

Trachea, lung parenchyma, and bronchioles

Question 38

Where do feline lungworms live?

Answer 38

Respiratory bronchioles and alveolar ducts

Question 39

What is the largest parasitic nematode?

Answer 39

Canine giant kidney worm

Question 40

What is the canine giant kidney worm scientific name?

Answer 40

Dioctophyma renale

Question 41

What does the giant canine kidney worm eat?

Answer 41

Parenchyma of the kidney

Question 42

What is the common name for Thelazia?

Answer 42

Eye worm

Question 43

Which animal does Gongylonema pulchrum infect?

Answer 43

Ruminants and sometimes pigs and hirses

Question 44

What is the common name of Gongylonema pulchrum?

Answer 44

Esophageal worm of ruminants

Question 45

What is the common name of strongyloides papillosus

Answer 45

Bovine intestinal threadworm

Question 46

What is the common name for Dictyocaulus?

Answer 46

Lungworm of ruminants

Question 47

What is the common name for Habronema and Draschia?

Answer 47

Equine stomach worms

Question 48

Where do parascaris equorum live?

Answer 48

In the horse's small intestine

Question 49

Where do Strongylus of horses live?

Answer 49

Large intestine

Question 50

Which group of equine strangles are more pathogenic?

Answer 50

Large

Question 51

What is the common name for Oxyuris equi?

Answer 51

Equine pinworm

Question 52

What is another name for cutaneous habronemiasis and what causes it?

Answer 52

Summer sores caused by Habronema

Question 53

Which parasite can be observed in pig urine?

Answer 53

Stephanurus dentatus

Question 54

Which parasite lives encysted in muscle and must be found in microscope?

Answer 54

Trichinella spiralis

Question 55

What are non pathogenic worms that live freely in the abdominal cavity?

Answer 55

Setaria equina