RoundWorms Flashcards
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morphology of adult round worms
medium sized up to 40cm
rigid
spindle shaped
white opaque
no buccal capsule
3 lips
no bursate in males
morphology of roundworm eggs
ovoid, thick shelled(3) layers
location of roundworms
small intestine
ascaroid
small intestine –> liver –> lungs –> trachea –> pharynx —> small intestine
toxocaroid
small intestine –> liver –> lungs –>blood
ascaridioid
moults in mucosa of small intestine
no migration
infection routes of roundworms
po
prental and lactogenic
cause of equine parascariosis
parascaris equorum
morphology of equine parascariosis
20-40cm
rigid
life cycle of equine parascariosis
direct
PE2 ascaroid
prepatent period of equine parascariosis
10-12weeks
clinical signs of equine parascariosis
cough
nasal discharge
anorexia
dullness
colic
weight loss
nervous signs
diarrhoea
worms in faeces
necrscopy of equine parascariosis
catarrhal enteritis
invagination
occlusion of small intestine
rupture of intestinal wall
peritonitis
haemhorrhage
imflammatory foci
nodules contating dead larve in liver
cause of bovine toxocariosis
toxocara vitulorum
morphology of bovine toxocariosis
15-30cm long
white/transparent
host of bovine toxocariosis
cattle
buffalo
sheeo
goat
life cycle of bovine toxocariosis
direct
PE2 toxocaroid
clinical signs of bovine toxocariosis
changing appetite
decreased growth rate
abdominal spasm
diarrhoea
strong butyric or acetone like odour
worms in faeces
when is there worms in faeces for flotation in bovine toxocariosis
<4month old calf
necroscopy of bovine toxocariosis
catarrhal enteritis
acetone smelling meat
cause of porcine ascariosis
ascaris suum
morphology of porcine ascariosis
15-40cm
long, rigid
white
life cycle of porcine ascariosis
direct
PE2 ascaroid type
prepatent period of porcine ascariosis
8-9weeks