Test 1

Question 1

What is the common name for Eimeria sp.?

Answer 1

Coccidia

Question 2

What is the common name for Tania sp.?

Answer 2

Tapeworm

Question 3

What is the common name for Giardia sp.?

Answer 3

Giardia

Question 4

What is the common name for Dipylidium sp.?

Answer 4

Tapeworm

Question 5

What is the common name for Isospora sp.?

Answer 5

Coccidia

Question 6

What is the common name for Sarcocystis sp.?

Answer 6

EPM

Question 7

What is the scientific name for equine tapeworm?

Answer 7

Anoplocephala spp

Question 8

What is the scientific name for the ruminant tapeworm?

Answer 8

Moniezia spp

Question 9

What group of parasites does Fasciola hepatica belong to?

Answer 9

Trematodes

Question 10

What kind of life cycle does Fasciola hepatica have?

Answer 10

indirect

Question 11

Which protozoa is involved in a neurological disease of the equine?

Answer 11

Sarcocystis neuroma

Question 12

What protozoa may be commonly picked up by a canine at the dog park?

Answer 12

Giardia

Question 13

How big are protozoa?

Answer 13

one cell big

Question 14

Do protozoa shed ova?

Answer 14

No. Intermittent shedder of oocysts

Question 15

Some of the most common protozoa are found in the feces of what animals?

Answer 15

dogs, cats, ruminants, birds, and reptiles

Question 16

What are intestinal protozoa called?

Answer 16

coccidia

Question 17

What is coccidiosis?

Answer 17

the result of invasion and destruction of the intestinal mucosa by parasite protozoa

Question 18

What does treatment for coccidia include?

Answer 18

sulfas and amprolium

Question 19

How can you prevent coccidia?

Answer 19

Clean environments and anti-coccidials

Question 20

What are Cryptosporidium parvum?

Answer 20

parasites of the intestinal tracts of fishes, reptiles, birds, and mammals

Question 21

Where does the parasite in Cryptosporidium parvum live?

Answer 21

on the surface of the cells lining the small intestine

Question 22

What are the 2 life cycles of toxoplasma gondii?

Answer 22

the intestinal phase and the extra intestinal phase

Question 23

What animal does the intestinal phase occur?

Answer 23

cats only

Question 24

What animal does the extra intestinal phase occur?

Answer 24

all infected animals

Question 25

What does the intestinal phase produce?

Answer 25

oocysts

Question 26

What does the extra intestinal phase produce?

Answer 26

tachyzoites, bradyzoites, and zoitocysts

Question 27

In most human infections, toxoplasmosis is what?

Answer 27

asymptomatic

Question 28

In some cases toxoplasmosis can cause serious pathology including what?

Answer 28

hepatitis, pneumonia, blindness, and neurological disorders

Question 29

Where is Giardia located?

Answer 29

in the intestines of many animals

Question 30

Giardia is what?

Answer 30

parasitic protozoan

Question 31

What are clinical signs of Giardia?

Answer 31

diarrhea, weight loss, listlessness, anorexia

Question 32

What is the treatment for Giardia?

Answer 32

antiprotozoal drugs like Metronidazole and Quinacrine

Question 33

What is EPM?

Answer 33

Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis

Question 34

What protozoa causes EPM?

Answer 34

Sarcocystis neuroma

Question 35

Is EPM transmitted from horse to horse?

Answer 35

no

Question 36

Who is the definitive host in EPM?

Answer 36

oppossum

Question 37

How do opossum acquire Sarcocystis neuroma?

Answer 37

from birds

Question 38

In EPM what is passed in the feces of the opossum?

Answer 38

sporocysts

Question 39

How do horses come into contact with infective sporocysts?

Answer 39

from contaminated water or feed

Question 40

What are clinical signs of EPM?

Answer 40

ataxia, lameness, abnormal gait, weakness in coordination, muscle atrophy, paralysis of muscles of eyes, face, mouth, or ears, seizures, or collapse

Question 41

How do you diagnose EPM?

Answer 41

blood and spinal fluid analysis

Question 42

How can you treat EPM?

Answer 42

Supportive therapy, Marquis