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You have a dog with microvilli and gastric gland destruction due to parasitic infestation. Which parasite is the likely causative agent?

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Cryptosporidium

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Which parasite has an acid fast oocyst

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Cryptosporidium

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Cryptosporidium can have extracellular stages in what kind of host

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In hosts that are immuno-compromised (parvo pups, kittens with feLeuk)

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Your client’s 8 year old son has a pet snake suspected of having Cryptosporidium. Your client read that crypto is very zoonotic - should she be worried

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No, not zoonotic in snakes or lizards

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What does cryptosporidium cause in snakes

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Gastric hypertrophy

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Identify

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Cryptosporidium oocyst

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How many sporocysts/sporozoites in a Cryptosporidium oocyst?

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1 sporocyst/ 4 sporozoites

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Where does Cryptosporidium inhabit? Is it different for immunocompromised patients?

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In the microvillus border

Immuno-compromised: gallbladder, respiratory system, kidneys

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Transmission of Cryptosporidium

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Fecal-oral

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Which food does Dr P say will give your Cypto

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Oysters!

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Why is cypto spread through swimming pools?

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Kids go swimming with the runs (fecal-oral) and Crypto is RESISTANT TO CHLORINE

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Name 4 unique ways you can get Crypto

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  1. Oysters
  2. Swimming in a pool with someone who has/had Crypto
  3. From your boots at a dairy farm
  4. Mucosal scrapings (?)
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T/F - Cryptosporidium can cause life threatening illness in humans

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True - immuno-comprosided can have life-threatening infection (AIDS patients)

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Can Crypto be passed in bird feces?

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Yes! Which is how molluscs get it. We eat them raw, and then we get it

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A dairy farmer calls you to look at some week old calves with projectile yellow, watery diarrhea. What do you immediately suspect>

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Cryptosporidium

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Can adult cows be infected with Crypto

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Yes, they can act as reservoir hosts

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Which type of horse is especially suceptible to Cryptosporidium

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Arabian foals with SCID

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A 4 year old lab comes in. He has had watery diarrhea but is otherwise healthy. Would you suspect Crypto

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No - dogs are resistant unless immunocompromised

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A kitten with feline leukemia is suspected of having Crypto. Paromomycin is the drug of choice for cyrptosporidum. Would you use it with this kitten?

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NO! Causes acute renal failure in cats

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Are pigs susceptible to Crypto?

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Yes but they seldom show c/s

Spread zoonotic disease

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Chronic wasting disease, with these effects, occurs in snakes as a result of

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Cryptosporidium

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Your client is a dairy farmer and hes had 10 cows abort in the past few weeks. What is immediately on your differentials list? (2)

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Neospora caninum

Sarcocystis

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Give three ways of diagnosis Cryptosporidium.

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1) Acid-fast staining!
2) IHC

30 IFA/ELISA

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Whats this

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Cryptosporidium oocysts (acid fast stain)

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Whats this
Sarcocystis (in skeletal muscle)
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What's this
Sarcocystis (in muscle)
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What is the lifecycle of Sarcocystis
Indirect - obligatory 2 hosts (predator-prey life cycle)
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Explain steps of Sacrocystis life cycle
1) DH (predator) sheds **sporulated** oocysts in feces 2) IH (prey) ingests the oocysts 3) **Sporozoites** released in IH. 4) **Merozoites/Tachyzoites** travel to and invade skeletal and caridac muscle, where they become **Sarcocysts** (containing **bradyzoites**) 5) DH eats IH --\> infected with **sarcocyst** 6) Sarcocyst infects intestinal tissue --\> **Asexual repro** --\> Oocyst 7) Oocyst shed in feces (and cycle continues)
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What's this
Sarcocystis
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What does Sarcocystis cause in cows (name 2)
ABORTION (last trimester) Hemorrhagic vaginitis Dyspnea, salivation, diarrhea Decreased milk and condtion
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What does Sarcocystis cause in sheep
ABORTION Anorexia, ataxia Encephalomyelitis?
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T/F - Sarcocystis causes abortions in pigs
False (just poor growth, diarrhea, myositis)
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Your client's horse is displaying neurological signs - ataxia, head tilt, ear drooping, muscle atrophy. What is on your differential list?
Sarcocystis (causes **Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis**) *Also Neospora hughesi*
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Is Sarcocystis zoonotic? How do you educate clients
Yes! - nausea, vomiting, diarrhea **DONT EAT UNDERCOOKED MEAT**
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What is the most common cause of neurological signs in horses (full name)
**Sarcocystis neurona**
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What is the definitive host of Sarcocystis neurona? Intermediate hosts?
DH: opossum IH: armadillo, skunk, racoon, sea otter, cat
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T/F Along with the skunk, raccoon, and sea otters, horses can sometimes be an intermediate host of Sarcocystis neurona?
False! They are 'dead-end' or 'abherrant' hosts
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What is an emerging protozoal pathogen in marine mammals
Sarcocystis neurona
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How do you test for Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis? What is the definitive test?
* **CSF** testing (!) - western blot or IFAT sample * PCR * **Necopsy - definitive test :(**
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What sample do you take for EPM testing?
CSF from lumbosacral region
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How do you diagnosis Sarcocystis in the definitive host
(usually asymptomatic) ## Footnote **Fecal float (sporocysts)**
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How do you diagnose Sarcocystis in intermediate host
Biopsy/necropsy - **Shizonts** in endothelial cells **- Sarcocysts** in muscles
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Two ways to control Sarcocystis
1) Burn/bury dead livestock 2) Encourage clients not to feed raw meat to pets
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Who are the definitive hosts of Toxoplasma gondii
Cats!! (domestic and wild)
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Where does sexual reproduction of Toxoplasma gondii occur?
Intestinal epithelium in cats ---\> **oocysts** are shed
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What is the intermediate host of Toxoplasma gondii
Rats!
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What is a special way Toxoplasma gondii has increased its likelihood of reaching the definitive host?
It can alter behaviour of IH (rats) to make them less fearful of cats ---\> predator/prey
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Where does extrainestinal phase of Toxoplasma gondii exist
(faculative host only) - **Tachyzoite**: parenchymal regions (\*transplacental) - *fast dividing* - **Bradyzoite**: cysts in brain, heart, skeletal muscle, eye - *slow dividing*
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Whats this? What is a defining feature?
Toxoplasma gondii (thin cell wall!)
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Is Toxoplasma gondii zoonotic?
YES! Congenital birth deformities (hydrocephalus, convulsions...etc)
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Who is the faculative **intermediate** host of Toxoplasma gondii?
All vertebrates and birds
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Which has the shortest Toxoplasma gondii PPP: ingesting cysts, sporulated oocysts or tachyzoites
Cysts have fastest PPP
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T/F there is minimal shedding of T. gondii oocysts from cats
FALSE - up to 100 million are shed
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T/F - it is easy to disinfect Toxoplasma gondii oocysts with bleach or UV lights
FALSE - they cant be destroyed with these products
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Is cat immunity to Toxoplasma gondii lifelong?
No - can be reinfected
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What is the relationship between Toxoplasma gondii and Isospora felis?
If a cat has recovered from T. gondii and is then subsequently infected with Isospora felis, the **cat will re-excrete T. gondii oocysts** **HOWEVER** If the cat was infected with I. felis first and then T. gondii, it will not re-excrete after recovery
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What are two differentials for abortions in sheep
Sarcocystis T. gondii (\*\*)
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Is T. gondii common in dogs?
No C/S: respiratory, neuromuscular, GI
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T/F if a cow herd is suffering from abortion, Toxoplasma gondii will be on your differential list
NO - rare and asymptomatic in cows
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T/F - Toxoplasma gondii has few effects on pigs
True Pigs are usually asymptomatic, but it **may** cause abortion
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A bird is brought in with ocular and neurological lesions. Which protozoan do you suspect
Toxoplasma gondii
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Toxoplasma gondii and which other protozoa are assciated with high mortality and severe protozoal encephalitis in marine mammals?
With Sarcocystis neurona
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T/F - if you flush Toxoplasma oocysts down the drain they will be killed
False - and this is a way marine mammals can become infected :(
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T/F - fecal float is gold standard diagnostic test for T. gondii in all species
False - only in cats (only cats shed oocysts!)
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Give three ways of diagnosing Toxoplasma gondii
1. Fecal float (\*cats only) 2. Serology (IgM --\> active infection ; IgG --\> previous exposure, immunity) 3. IHC
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A sheep farmer has ewes with Toxoplasma. You run a serology on 10 sheep. One comes back with high IgG - do you cull?
No, IgG indicates previous exposure and immunity IgM would indicate an acitve infection
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Whats this
Neosporum caninum
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Which speices does Neosporum caninum infect?
Basically all animals
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Who is the definitive host of Neospora caninum
Dogs (incl wild canids)
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Transmission Neospora caninum
Fecal oral Ingestion of cysts from infected animals
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Does Neosporum caninum cross the placenta?
Yes - transplacental transmission of trachyzoites has been recorded in many animals
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Is Neospora caninum zoonotic
Yes
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A dog is presented with pneumonia and difficulty urinating. Which protozoan do you suspect?
Neospora caninum
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Which protozoa causes abortions in dogs
Neospora caninum
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Which protozoa causes 'abortion storms' in cattle?
Neospora caninum
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How is Neospora caninum transmitted to puppies and calves? What are the c/s?
Vertical transmission! ## Footnote _C/S_ - CNS signs - Polyadiculoneuritis (hindlimb hyperextension)
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T/F it's probably a bad idea to breed a bitch with Neospora
TRUE - repeat transmission to future litters
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Give 3 ways of diagnosis Neospora caninum
1. Cysts or tachyzoites in CNS, heart, liver of fetuses 2. PCR 3. Serology
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What's this
Neospora caninum cyst
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What causes blindness in foals (due to cysts forming in ocular muscles)
**Neospora hughesi**
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What are your two differentials for Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis
1. Neospora hughesi 2. Sarcocystis neurona
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A puppy comes in with hind limb paralysis. Which protozoan could cause this?
Neospora caninum
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Can a horse get EPM in a country without oppossums?
No - opposums are DH
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Can Toxoplasma gondii proliferate in faculative intermediate hosts?
Yes - asexual proliferation occurs
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What does autoinfection mean? Which parasite does this occur in?
Sporozoites leave oocyst before entering feces - they can then re-enter the host's system _Two types:_ - **Thin walled**: re-infect host **Thick walled**: exit host in feces (infectious to others) *Occurs in Cryptosporidium*

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