Parasite Common Names

Question 1

Ancylostoma caninum

Answer 1

Hookworm

Question 2

Ancylostoma spp., Uncinaria spp. & Strongyloides stercolaris

Answer 2

Cutaneous Larva Migrans

Question 3

Toxocara canis

Answer 3

Roundworm & Ascarid

Question 4

Toxocara canis, Toxocara cati, & Baylisascaris procyonis

Answer 4

Visceral Larva Migrans

Question 5

Trichuris vulpis

Answer 5

Whipworm

Question 6

Dirofilaria immitis

Answer 6

Heartworm

Question 7

Strongylus vulgaris

Answer 7

Large Strongyles

Question 8

Oxyuris equi

Answer 8

Pinworm

Question 9

Ostertagia ostertagi

Answer 9

Stomach Worm

Question 10

Dipylidium caninum

Answer 10

Tapeworm / Flea Tapeworm

Question 11

Taenia pisiformis

Answer 11

Tapeworm / Rabbit Tapeworm

Question 12

Disease caused by ingestion of tapeworm eggs

Answer 12

Hydatid Disease

Question 13

What is the disease when you have a tapeworm infection acquired from eating infected beef and/or pork?

Answer 13

Taeniasis

Question 14

Tapeworm infection acquired by eating infected raw fish

Answer 14

Diphyllobothriasis

Question 15

Nanophyetus salmincola

Answer 15

Salmon Fluke / Salmon Poisoning Fluke

Question 16

Fasciola hepatica

Answer 16

Liver Fluke

Question 17

Isospora sp

Answer 17

Coccidia / Small Animal Coccidia
*Includes pigs/swine but no other large/farm animals

Question 18

Eimeria spp

Answer 18

Coccidia / Large Animal Coccidia

Question 19

Giardia spp

Answer 19

Beaver Fever / Giardia / Giardiasis

Question 20

Sarcocystosis

Answer 20

Disease caused by a protozoan parasite found in beef or pork

Question 21

Babesia canis

Answer 21

Bloodborne parasite

Question 22

cryptosporidiosis

Answer 22

Disease caused by a protozoan parasite capable of infecting many animals

Question 23

Cryptosporidium parvum

Answer 23

Cryptosporidiosis

Question 24

Ctendocephalides spp

Answer 24

Flea

Question 25

Yersinia pestis

Answer 25

Plague

Question 26

Otodectes cynotis

Answer 26

Ear Mite

Question 27

Cheyletiella spp

Answer 27

Fur Mite

Question 28

Sarcoptes scabiei

Answer 28

Mange Mite

Question 29

Demodex spp

Answer 29

Follicular Mange Mite

Question 30

Trichodectes canis

Answer 30

Dog Biting Louse

Question 31

Linognathus setosus

Answer 31

Dog Sucking Louse

Question 32

Rhipicephalus sanguineus

Answer 32

Brown Dog Tick

Question 33

Borrelia burgodorferi

Answer 33

Lyme Disease

Question 34

Rickettsia rickettsii

Answer 34

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

Question 35

Cuterebra spp

Answer 35

Rabbit Bot Fly and/or Rodent Bott Fly

Question 36

Gastrophilus spp

Answer 36

Bot Fly / Bot

Question 37

Siphona spp

Answer 37

Horn Fly

Question 38

Tabanus spp

Answer 38

Horse Fly

Question 39

Hypoderma lineatum

Answer 39

Cattle Bot Fly / Cattle Grub / Warble Fly

Question 40

Blow Fly

Answer 40

Sheep Bottle Fly / Sheep Blowfly

Question 41

Dermatophytosis

Answer 41

Fungal infection affecting keratinized tissue (tissue, skin, hair, nails)

Question 42

Microsporum canis

Answer 42

Ringworm