Parasites

Question 1

Lung parasite of a cat

Answer 1

Paragonimus kellicotti (trematode)
Aelurostrongylus abstrusus (metastrongyle)
Oslerus rostratus
Troglostrongylus brevior and subcrenatus
Capillaria/eucoleus aerophila (aphasmid)

Question 2

Lung parasite of a dog

Answer 2

Paragonimus kellicotti (trematode)
[Andersonstrongylus/Filaroides milksi - dog lungworm
Filaroides hirthi - airway lumina or subpleural nodules
Oslerus osleri - trachea/bronchial worm (nodules)
Crenosoma vulpis - fox lungworm]
Capillaria/Eucoleus aerophila (aphasmid)
Angiostrongylus vasorum (metastrongyle)
Dirofilaria immitis (filarid)

Question 3

Lung parasite of an ox

Answer 3

Dictyocaulus viviparus

Question 4

Lung parasite of a sheep

Answer 4

Muellerius capillaris (nodular in sheep, metastrongyle)
Dictyocaulus filaria (trichostrongyle)
Protostrongylus rufescens
Cysticaulus ocreatus

Question 5

Lung parasite of a horse

Answer 5

Dictyocaulus arnfieldi

Question 5

Lung parasite of a pig

Answer 5

Metastrongylus apri
Metastrongylus salmi
Metastrongylus pudendotectus

Question 6

Lung parasite of rats

Answer 6

Parastrongylus cantonensis

Question 7

Apicomplexan lung parasites

Answer 7

Plasmodium spp.- in RBCs and macrophages
Cryptosporidium spp.- apical extracytoplasmic parasitophorous vacuoles
Toxoplasma gondii- in epithelial cells and macrophages
Cytauxzoon felis- schizonts in macrophages, merozoties free in blood or in RBCs

Question 8

Filarid lung parasite

Answer 8

Dirofilaria immitis