Parasites Flashcards by Abbie Blackwell

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Host that the parasite has to live in at some point or stage to grow

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Intermediate host

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A host that the adult parasite lives in

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Definitive host

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A host that a parasite lives in without causing few clinical signs to the animal

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Reservoir host

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A host the the parasite can not grow to maturity

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Paratenic host

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A host that transports bacteria or disease from host to host

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Vector host

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One definitive host to another is what life cycle

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Direct

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A parasite that needs on intermediate host to survive is considered what life cycle

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Indirect

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Ticks fleas flies and mites are considered

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Ectoparasites

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Intestinal parasites are considered

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Endoparasites

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Female parasite that does not need a male to reproduce is considered

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Parthenogenic

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An obligate parasite can not what

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Live off of a host

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The parasite does not need the host to live which makes it ______________. Ex: maggots

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Facultative

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The entire life cycle of the parasite lives on the host means the parasite is considered a ________________. Ex: lice

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Permanent parasite

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A parasite that does not live on a host, just comes by for a meal

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Periodic parasite

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The time the host gets infected to when they get to the diagnostic stage

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Prepatent period

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The time where the disease can infect another animal

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Infective stage

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The stage that the disease or parasite can be identified

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Diagnostic stage

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NAME THE DEFINITIVE AND INTERMEDIATE HOSTS OF THE PARASITE BELOW

Cytauxzoon

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D/ Cat
I/ tick

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NAME THE DEFINITIVE AND INTERMEDIATE HOSTS OF THE PARASITE BELOW

Dirofilaria

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D/ dog
I/ mosquito

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NAME THE DEFINITIVE AND INTERMEDIATE HOSTS OF THE PARASITE BELOW

Fasciola

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D/ruminant
I/ metacercariae

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NAME THE DEFINITIVE AND INTERMEDIATE HOSTS OF THE PARASITE BELOW

Paragonimus

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D/ dog and cat
I/ crayfish

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NAME THE DEFINITIVE AND INTERMEDIATE HOSTS OF THE PARASITE BELOW

Platynosomum

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D/cat
I/ lizard

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NAME THE DEFINITIVE AND INTERMEDIATE HOSTS OF THE PARASITE BELOW

Dipylidium

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D/dog and cat
I/flea

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NAME THE DEFINITIVE AND INTERMEDIATE HOSTS OF THE PARASITE BELOW

Taenia ovis

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D/ dog
I/sheep

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NAME THE DEFINITIVE AND INTERMEDIATE HOSTS OF THE PARASITE BELOW Taenia taeniaeformis

D/cats I/ rodents

NAME THE DEFINITIVE AND INTERMEDIATE HOSTS OF THE PARASITE BELOW Monezia

D/ cattle I/ grain mites

Where does the following parasite live in the definitive host? Ancylostoma

Small intestine

Where does the following parasite live in the definitive host? Taenia

Small intestine

Where does the following parasite live in the definitive host? Monezia

Small intestine

Where does the following parasite live in the definitive host? Dipylidium

Small intestine

Where does the following parasite live in the definitive host? Toxocara

Small intestine

Where does the following parasite live in the definitive host? Parascaris

Small intestine

Where does the following parasite live in the definitive host? Trichuris

cecum/ colon

Where does the following parasite live in the definitive host? Stronglylus vulgaris

Large intestine

Where does the following parasite live in the definitive host? Oxyuris

Cecum/colon

Where does the following parasite live in the definitive host? Haemonchus

Stomach

Where does the following parasite live in the definitive host? Ostertagia

Stomach

Where does the following parasite live in the definitive host? Habronema

Stomach

Where does the following parasite live in the definitive host? Dirofilaria

Heart

Where does the following parasite live in the definitive host? Fasciola

Liver/bile ducts

Where does the following parasite live in the definitive host? Platynosomum

Liver/bile ducts

Where does the following parasite live in the definitive host? Paragonimus

Lungs

Where does the following parasite live in the definitive host? Pearsonema

Bladder

How is the following parasite transmitted to the definitive host ? Toxocara

Mom, ingestion of egg

How is the following parasite transmitted to the definitive host ? Ancylostoma

Mom, ingestion of egg, and penetration of larvae

How is the following parasite transmitted to the definitive host ? Parascaris

Ingestion of egg

How is the following parasite transmitted to the definitive host ? Trichuris

Ingestion of egg

How is the following parasite transmitted to the definitive host ? Oxyuris

Ingestion of egg

How is the following parasite transmitted to the definitive host ? Habronema

Injection from intermediate host

What is the intermediate host for Habronema

Flies

How is the following parasite transmitted to the definitive host ? Dirofilaria

Injection from intermediate host

What is the intermediate host of dirofilaria

Mosquito

How is the following parasite transmitted to the definitive host ? Dipylidium

Ingestion of intermediate host

What is the intermediate host of dipylidium

Fleas

How is the following parasite transmitted to the definitive host ? Taenia

Ingestion of intermediate host

How is the following parasite transmitted to the definitive host ? Paragonimus

Ingestion of intermediate host

Where does the following parasite live in the definitive host? Cytauxzoon

Blood

Where does the following parasite live in the definitive host? Babesia

Blood

Where does the following parasite live in the definitive host? Giardia

Intestines

Where does the following parasite live in the definitive host? Eimeria

Intestines

Where does the following parasite live in the definitive host? Cryptosporidium

Intestines

Where does the following parasite live in the definitive host? Toxoplasma Gondii (cats)

Intestines

Where does the following parasite live in the definitive host? Tritichomonas (cattle)

Reproductive

Where does the following parasite live in the definitive host? Toxoplasma (rodents)

Brain

What endoparasite group has the following characteristics? Unicellular

Protozoa

What endoparasite group has the following characteristics? Multicellular, long and round Sexual reproduction Have a digestive tract

Nematodes

What endoparasite group has the following characteristics? Multicellular, segmented

Cestodes

What endoparasite group has the following characteristics? Multicellular, leaflike

Trematodes

A roundworm is considered a

Nematode

A hookworm is considered a

Nematode

Strongyles are considered

Nematodes

Whipworms are considered

Nematodes

Pinworms are considered

Nematodes

Heartworms are considered

Nematodes

Tapeworms are considered

Cestodes

Flukes are considered

Trematodes

Coccidia, Giardia and piroplasm are considered

Protozoa

What does it mean for a parasite to be multicellular

Has a body wall with a digestive tract, nervous system, and reproductive organs

What is the infective stage of nematodes

L3

What is the PP period of Parascaris?

75-80days

What is the PP period of Toxocara

21-35 days

Hookworms PP period is ?

13-27 days

What is the PP period of whipworms ?

70-90days

PP period of heartworms in dogs is

6 months

PP of heartworms in cats is

7-8months

What is the PP period of diplylidium

14-21days

What’s the common name for spitometra

Zipper tapeworm

What parasites causes a high mortality rate in rabbits

Eimeria

Eimeria in the ruminant is what parasite

Coccidia

TRUE OR FALSE all Trematodes have atleast one intermediate host

True

All Trematodes reproduce how

They don’t need a male to reproduce

True or false Toxoplasma is zoonotic

True