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Parasite Flashcards

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- 1What is this structure? What order of nematodes has this structure?Bursa. Strongylida.

- 2Describe the eggs. What order do these eggs belong to?Thin shelled, many cells inside (morula). Strongylida.

- 3What superfamily is this worm from? (slender, 0 or 3-6 lips, bursa well developed, direct life cycle)Superfamily Trichostrongyloidea

- 4What is the name of this worm?Haemonchus contortus, common name: Barber's Pole Worm.

- 5Where does the barber's pole worm locate?Abomasum of ruminants
- 6What are 3 key features of the Barber's Pole Worm?Uterus and intestines intertwined, small mouth with a tooth, vulva flap.

- 7Below is a diagram showing an asymmetrical bursa. Which species does this belong to?Barber's pole worm.

- 8The egg shown below is thin shelled with many cells inside with rounded and equal poles. Which species is it?Barber's Pole Worm.

- 9Shown is a 3rd stage larva with a long cuticle and a kink in the tail. What species is it?Barber's pole worm.

- 10Which worm is reddish brown, thread-like, striated anterior end, may have a vulva flap, bursa with 2 lateral lobes and small dorsal lobe, with relatively short spicules divided into 2-3 processes? Located in abomasum where they form nodules.Genus
Ostertagia/Teladorsagia (Brown stomach worms)
- 11This egg is thin shelled with many cells inside, symmetrical and relatively thin, forms nodules in abomasum. What species is it?Ostertagia (brown stomach worm)

- 12Which genus of worms locates in the abomasum and duodenum, has an excretory pore in ventral notch and have short, brown spicules?Trichostrongylus (hairworms, bankrupt worms, black scour worms)

- 13Which parasite has eggs which are thin shelled with many cells inside and uneven poles (one more rounded than the other)?Trichostrongylus

- 14Which parasite locates in the bronchi and trachea of sheep and goats (1.) or cattle (2.), is filliform, has 4 lips, short bursa, brown, bent spicules and lay embryonated eggs which hatch before shedding?1. Sheep and goats: Dictyocaulus filaria
2. Cattle: Dictyocaulus viviparus
- 15Which superfamily has a buccal capsule, leaf crowns, well developed bursa and direct life cycles?Superfamily Strongyloidea

- 16Which worm locates in the horse large intestine as an adult and the cranial mesenteric artery as a larva, has a large, oval buccal capsule with 2 ear shaped teeth and a dorsal gutter, 2 leaf crowns, bursa and 2 thin spicules?Strongylus vulgaris

- 17Which egg is ovoid, thin shelled with many cells inside?Strongylus vulgaris (pictured), Strongylus edentatus (very similar)

- 18Which worm has adults in the horse large intestine, larva in the liver and subperitoneal tissue, buccal capsule with a dorsal gutter and NO TEETH, 2 leaf crowns and a bursa with 2 thin spicules?Strongylus edentatus

- 19Which group of worms locate in the lumen of the caecum and colon, larvae in the walls of organs, sometimes reddish, buccal capsule short and cylindrical or ring shaped and usually no teeth?Small strongyles (red worms, cyathostomins, cyathostomes)

- 20Which species has long, ovoid eggs with parallel sides, thin shelled, many cells inside with a small number of large blastomeres?Small strongyles (red worms, cyathostomins, cyathostomes)

- 21Which species locates in the large intestine of sheep and goats, has a large, subglobular buccal capsule which opens anteroventrally, 2 small leaf crowns, well developed bursa where dorsal lobe is longer than lateral ones, female has short tail ending in a curved point?Chabertia ovina

- 22Which genus of worms locates in the large intestine of sheep, goats, cattle, pigs, humans, etc., has a mouth collar, buccal capsule shallow, cylindrical or ring shaped and a cephalic vesicle, form nodules?Oesophagostomum (nodular worm)

- 23Which worm adults locate in the perirenal fat, pelvis of kidneys, walls of ureters and larvae in liver, peritoneal cavity and other organs, are stout, cuticle transparent, buccal capsule cup shaped and thick, triangular teeth, small bursa with short rays, female tail short?Stephanurus dentatus (kidney worm of pig)

- 24Which species has eggs that are thin shelled, many cells inside and passed in URINE?Stephanurus dentatus (kidney worm of pig)

- 25Which superfamily has the ANTERIOR END BENT DORSALLY, no leaf crowns, teeth or cutting plates in buccal capsule, and bursa?Superfamily Ancylostomatoidea (Hookworms)

- 26Which species locates in the dog small intestine, is reddish, anterior end bent dorsally, large buccal capsule with 3 pairs of teeth, well developed bursa? Eggs thin shelled many cells inside, 4-8 blastomeres?Ancylostoma caninum

- 27Which species locates in the small intestine of dogs and cats, anterior end bent dorsally, buccal capsule with 2 cutting plates and 2 lancets, bursa with 2 large lateral lobes and 1 small dorsal lobe, slender spicules, similar eggs to A. caninum?Uncinaria stenocephala

- 28Which species locates in the small intestine of sheep and goats, large buccal capsule, 1 dorsal cone (tooth), pair of cutting plates, pair of lancets, bursa with 2 long, slightly twisted spicules, thin shelled eggs with dissimilar side walls (1 more flat), 4-8 blastomeres?Bunostomum trigonocephalum (eggs pictured)


- 29Which superfamily has small mouth surrounded by 6/small lips, small bursa, direct/indirect life cycle, usually found in respiratory system?Superfamily Metastrongyloidea (lungworms)

- 30Which genus locates in bronchi and bronchioles of pigs, white, filiform body, mouth with 2 trilobed lips (middle largest), long spicules that are transversally striated, prevulvular swelling present, female tail digitiform and abruptly narrower? Which species has male end in hook and female posterior bent?Metastrongylus.
Metastrongylus apri.
- 31Which genus has eggs with a corrugated surface, embryonated when laid?Metastrongylus

- 32Which worm forms nodules in the junction of trachea and bronchi in dogs and dingoes?Oslerus osleri

- 33Which order of worms is white, opaque, stout, most 3 lips, posterior end of male usually curved, 2 spicules equal or not in size, adults in small intestine, feed on intestinal content?Order Ascaridida

- 34Which order of worms have eggs that are thick shelled and usually only 1 cell inside?Order Ascaridida

- 35Which species of worm locates in small intestine of pigs, stout, pinkish-yellow, 3 lips, posterior end of male conical, bent, 2 equal spicules, female vulva anterior to middle of body?Ascaris suum

- 36Which species of worms have a thick, mammilated shell which contains 1 cell?Ascaris suum

- 37Which species of worms locate in small intestines of horses, long (up to 50cm), 3 lips, male have small lateral alae, 2 spiculesParascaris equorum

- 38Which species of worm has subglobular, thick shelled eggs with 1 or 2 cells inside?Parascaris equorum

- 39Which worm species locates in the small intestine of dogs, has 3 well defined lips, cervical alae which end gradually posteriorly ("spear"), tail of male has caudal alae and terminal digitiform appendage and subequal spicules?Toxocara canis

- 40Which species has eggs that are finely pitted, dark brown and contain 1 cell? (larger)Toxocara canis (T. cati smaller)

- 41Which species of worm locates in small intestine of cats and wild felids, has 3 lips at anterior end, cervical alae wide and end abruptly ("arrow"), tail of male has caudal alae and terminal digitiform appendage?Toxocara cati

- 42Which species has eggs which are finely pitted, dark brown with 1 cell inside? (smaller)Toxocara cati (T. canis larger)

- 43Which species of worm locates in the caeca of chickens, turkeys, geese, ducks, pheasants, etc., has 3 lips, narrow alae down almost all of body, oesophagus ending in well-developed bulb, male with circular precloacal sucker with cuticular rim, unequal spicules, posterior end of female long, narrow and pointed?Heterakis gallinarum

- 44Which species of worm has eggs which are brown, eliptical, lateral sides almost parallel, thick & smooth shelled, one cell inside?Heterakis gallinarum

- 45Which species of worm locates in the small intestine of fowl, turkey, goose, etc., long, stout and whitish, 3 lips, male with caudal alae & 10 pairs of papillae, circular precloacal sucker with thick cuticular rim, spicules subequal, female with straight, conical tail?Ascaridia galli

- 46Which species has eggs which are elipsoidal, smooth, thick shelled, one cell inside?Ascaridia galli

- 47Which order of worms have stout bodies with elongated tails in females, males with few caudal papillae & single spicule, oesophagus with large bulb, eggs often asymmetrical and embryonated, direct life cycles and locate in lower digestive tract?Order OXYURIDA (pinworms)

- 48Which worm locates in the large intestine of horses, has hexagonal mouth opening, 3 teeth in females, posterior end of female pointed and variable in length, posterior end of male with truncated tail, one spicule, pin shaped?Oxyuris equi

- 49Which species of worm has eggs which are thick shelled, asymmetrical (slightly flattened on one side), have a mucoid plug at one end, laid in perianal area, contain morula?Oxyuris equi

- 50Which superfamily of worms has no buccal capsule, posterior end of male SPIRALLY COILED (hint of name), 2 unequal spicules, caudal alae, indirect life cycles?Superfamily Spiruroidea (Order SPIRURIDA)

- 51Which genuses of worms locate in horses with adults in stomach and larvae in skin, conjunctiva, lung, etc. and do not mature but cause summer sores?Draschia & Habronema

- 52Which species of worms are white, have 2 lips separated from body by a groove, buccal vestibule thickened and funnel shaped, no teeth, posterior end of male spirally coiled, unequal spicules?Draschia megastoma

- 53Which worm species has eggs which are long and thin, and contain a larva?Draschia megastoma

- 54Which worm has a mouth made up of a wider anterior part and a cylindrical part and no teeth?Habronema muscae

- 55Which superfamily of worms is long and thin, simple ends, small mouth with no lips, spicules unequal and dissimilar, vulva near anterior end, eggs contain larva or microfilaria, locate in blood or lymph vessels, body cavities, connective tissue and have indirect lifecycles involving parasitic arthropods?Filaroidea (Order SPIRURIDA)

- 56Which species of worm locates in dog, cat, etc. pulmonary artery and right ventricle (heavy infections right atrium and caudal vena cava), elongated, filariform, circular mouth without lips, vulva located anteriorly, male posterior end curled like a pig tail, spicules unequal and dissimilar?Dirofilaria immitis (heart worm)

- 57Which species of worm have microfilaria with no digestive tract found in blood with nonprogressive motility, straight body with a tapering cephalic end and straight caudal end?Dirofilaria immitis (heart worm)

- 58Which suborder of worms lack phasmids, anterior more slender than posterior, oesophagus a slender, capillary like tube embedded within one or more rows of large, glandular cells (stichocytes), males with 1 or 0 spicules, eggs with polar plugs (excluding Trichinella)Trichinellina (Order
Enoplida)
- 59Which genus of worms infect a wide range of hosts, wide spread, no exogenous stages, adults in small intestine, larvae in muscle and small intestine, depend on carnivorism for transfer, and have encapsulated and non-encapsulated species?Genus Trichinella

- 60Which species of worm locates in the wall of the small intestine, is the smallest nematode infecting humans, more slender anteriorly than posteriorly, buccal stylet, male has flattened pair of copulatory appendages, accessory papillae, no spicules, and females lay larvae?Trichinella spiralis

- 61Which larva is shown in the muscle, muscle larvae and L1 sexually differentiated, each end rounded and is encapsulated?Trichinella spiralis

- 62Which genus of worms have a body consisting of thick posterior part (1/3) and a slender anterior part (2/3) which imbeds in mucosa, with an abrupt transition, posterior of male coiled with 1 spicule, posterior of female curved?Trichuris (whip worms)

- 63Which genus of worms has eggs which are yellow-brown, lemon shaped, thich and smooth shelled, protruding plugs at poles, 1 cell inside, which are resistant and can stay in environment for up to 7 years?Trichuris

- 64This egg is thin shelled and contains a larva. Which group does it belong to?Order Rhabditida, genus Strongyloides

- 65Fill in the blanks


- 66Which subclass of worms have oral and ventral suckers, short and generally flat, operculated eggs, well developed digestion but no anus, hermaphroditic and complex life cycles usually involving molluscs?Subclass Digenea (class Trematoda AKA flukes)

- 67What is the life cycle of subclass digena (class trematoda)? 7 stages.egg -> miracidium -> sporocyst -> [redia] -> cercariae -> [metacercaria] -> adult
- 68Which species of fluke has adults located in the bile ducts of sheep, goats, cattle, pigs, horses, hares, dog, humans, etc., and juveniles who migrate through the liver feeding on liver cells and blood? (migration path shown)Fasciola hepatica (liver fluke)

- 69Which species of fluke has the morphology shown? ("leaf like", spines on tegument, branching testes, large, branching caeca)Fasciola hepatica (liver fluke)

- 70Which species has yellow, operculated eggs?Fasciola hepatica (liver fluke)

- 71Which fluke species has miracardium with cilia and anterior penetration glandsFasciola hepatica (liver fluke)

- 72Which species of fluke has a sporocyst that is a germinal sac, and a redia (pictured) which is elongated, contains rudimentary digestive system and contain cercaria or germinal cells?Fasciola hepatica (liver fluke)

- 73Which species of fluke has cercaria which are motile with a tail and often associated with plants?Fasciola hepatica (liver fluke)

- 74Which species of fluke encysts as a cercaria to form a metacercaria, is ingested by definitive host, migrates through liver parenchyma and matures into adult in the bile ducts?Fasciola hepatica (liver fluke)

- 75Which species of fluke uses small snails with clockwise spirals as an intermediate host?Fasciola hepatica (liver fluke)

- 76Which species of fluke is large, scarcely perceivable shoulders, almost parallel sides, short anterior cone, secondary branches of caeca acute?Fasciola gigantica

- 77Which species of fluke is small, has a lancet shaped body, smooth, semitransparent body surface, anterior and ventral sucker, non-branching caeca, vitelline glands only in 1/3 of body, paralyses ants which are ingested by host?Dicrocoelium dendriticum (small liver fluke)

- 78Which group of flukes infects cattle and sheep, immature stages in duodenum (pathological), mature stages in rumen and reticulum, thick bodied, conical, anterior and posterior sucker (fixes on mucosa)? Eggs operculated and not yellow?Paramphistomes (stomach flukes)


- 79Which class of worms lack digestive tracts, locate in small intestine (mostly), hermaphroditic, require intermediate hosts, can grow to several metres, SEGMENTED, SCOLEX bearing attachment organs, strobila made of proglottides?Cestoda

- 80Which class of worms has a hexicanth embryo with 4 egg layers?Cestoda

- 81Which order of cestodes has a larvae which exists within egg, small, spheroid, 3 pairs of hooks?Order Cyclophyllidea

- 82What are the 6 stages of the Cyclophyllidea life cycle?egg -> cysticercoid (protoscolex & tail) in arthropods -> Cysticercus (bladder enclosing invaginated protoscolex) in mammals -> Coenurus (bladder enclosing many protoscoleces) in mammal bladder -> hydatid (bladder with 100s or 1000s invaginated protoscoleces, develop in vesicles called "brood capsules") in mammals -> strobilocercus (protoscolex usually not invaginated, connected to bladder via strobila) in mammals

- 83What is the 4 stage life cycle of flukes from order Pseudophyllidea?Egg -> Coracidium (hexacanth with cilia) within egg -> procercoid (elongated, solid larva with a posterior bulb, cercomer that bears the hexicanth's hooks) in arthropods or annelids -> plerocercoid (derived from procercoid, elongated, solid larva that can mature into adult tapeworm)

- 84Which genus of tapeworm can be meters long, have 100s/1000s of proglottids, infect dogs, cats and humans, Larva: cysticercus, coenurus or strobilocercus? (IH)Genus Taenia (Family Taeniidae)

- 85Which genus of tapeworm is millimeters long, less than 6 proglottids, infect cats and dogs (DH), Larva: hydatid, develops in many species?Genus Echinococcus (Family Taeniidae)

- 86Which genus of tapeworm has 4 suckers and 2 rows of hooks on rostellum, immature proglottids wider than longer, mature almost square, gravid longer than wider?Genus Taenia

- 87Which species of tapeworm locates in the small intestine of dogs, wolves and foxes, develops in liver and peritoneum of rabbits (called Cysticercus pisiformis) where they encyst, up to 2m long, neck longer and thinner than scolex, large hooks, proglottids narrow anteriorly?Taenia pisiformis

- 88Which species of tapeworm locates in the small intestine of dogs, wolves and foxes, 2.5-5m long, larval stages (Cysticercus tenuicollis) develop in cattle, sheep, goat, pigs, rarely horses, form vesicles up to 5cm long in IH?Taenia hydatigena

- 89Which species of worm locates in the small intestine of humans (DH), encyst in musculature of pigs (Cysticercus cellulosae) has a long body of 1000-4000 proglottids, scolex with rostellum and hooks?Taenia solium

- 90What is the lifecycle of Taenia solium?shed in the environment gravid
proglottids /eggs -> ingested by the pigs (IH) -> larvae are released in the SI and migrate to the musculature (and other organs) and develop into vesicles (cysticerci) in 2-3 months -> humans when pig meat isn't cooked properly -> invaginated scolex evaginate -> get fixed on the mucosa and grow -> proglottids
- 91Which genus of worms is small (millimetres long), strobila made up of <6 proglottids, scolex similar to Taenia?Genus Echinococcus

- 92The eggs of these two genuses of worms cannot be differentiated. Which are they? (round, brown, hexacanth embryo, surrounded by striated embryophore)Taenia and Echinococcus

- 93Which species of parasite locates in the small intestine of dogs, wolves and foxes (DH), is small and made of few proglottids (2-7mm, 3-4), rostellum with 2 rows of hooks, second last proglottid mature and last a large gravid?Echinococcus granulosus

- 94Which species has eggs which are circular/ovular, brown, striated embryophore, oncosphere/hexicanth embryo, and indistinguishable from Taenia eggs?Echinococcus granulosus

- 95Which parasite's larval stage forms a hyatid cyst usually in lungs and liver 10-30cm in diameter, metacestode consists of bladder with 2 layers (germinal -> protoscoleces in brood capsules, and laminated layer), surrounded by adventitial layer (host response), may develop daughter cysts in cysts?Echinococcus granulosus

- 96Which family of parasites has a scollex with retractable rostellum, 2 sets of genitals per proglottid, uterus not persistent replaced by thin walled capsules that contain egg/eggs?Family Dipilydiidae

- 97Which species of parasite locates in the small intestine of dogs, cats, foxes and humans (children), rostellum retractable, 3-5 rows of "rose thorn" hooks, immature proglottids have trapezoidal shape while mature proglottids are longer than wider, each proglottid with 2 sets of genitals and pores, gravid proglottids elongated and resemble "cucumber seeds", up to 150 egg capsules, embryophore not striated, IH fleas and lice?Dipylidium caninum

- 98Which family of parasites has a scollex that lacks rostellum and hooks, numerous proglottids that are wider than long, eggs with structure called pyriform apparatus?Family Anoplocephalidae

- 99Which species of parasite locates in the ileo-caecal junction of horses, rounded scollex, 4 spherical suckers, 4 lappets, no rostellum, no hooks, very short neck, strobila widens rapidly, proglottids wide and short, 1 set of genitals in mature proglottids?Anoplocephala perfoliata

- 100Which parasite species has "D" shaped eggs, golden yellow in faeces and colourless in proglottids, thick external envelope, embryo enclosed in pyriform apparatus, mites intermediate host?Anoplocephala perfoliata

- 101Which species of parasite locates in small intestine (rarely stomach), up to 80cm long and 2cm wide, large scollex, 4 round suckers, no lappets, no rostellum, no hooks, one set of genitals in mature proglottids, IH mites?Anoplocephala magna

- 102Which worm genus locates in the small intestine of ruminants, up to 5m long and 2.5cm wide, scollex without rostellum or hooks, proglottids wider than long, double sets of genitals and genital pores, ovaries and vitelline glands form a circle, testes distributed in the middle field, Interproglottidial glands: circular and extended across the whole width of the proglottids?Moniezia


- 103The eggs of which genus can be triangular or square, embryo enclosed by pyriform apparatus, IH: mites?Moniezia

- 104Which order of parasites has scolex provided with dorsal and ventral grooves called BOTHRIA, uterus provided with opening, eggs shed while they're produced, eggs operculated, not developed when laid, generally 2 intermediate hosts?Order Pseudophyllidea

- 105Which species of parasite locates in the small intestine of cats, dogs and foxes, up to 1m, uterus and genital pore obvious (ZIPPER), eggs yellow, asymmetrical, operculated?Spirometra erinacei

- 106Which genus of tapeworm has procercoid larvae that develop in haemocoel of copepods?Cyclops

- 107What species do plerocercoid larvae develop in?In the tissues (muscle and connective tissue) of a wide variety of vertebrate hosts
(except fish): amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals
- 108Which phylum of worms are flat when alive, covered by thick cuticle, made of proboscis (invaginable organ) provided with hooks, neck and trunk (whitish, flattened, with wrinkles), separate sexes (smaller males), no digestive tract, locate in digestive tract of fish, birds and mammals?Phylum Acanthocephala (thorny headed worms)

- 109Which worm locates in the small intestine of pigs (and humans), causes nodules, up to 35cm long, curved, tapered towards posterior end, whitish or pale reddish, flattened and wrinkled, proboscis provided with around 6 transverse rows of hooks?Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus

- 110Which species of thorny-headed worm has eggs which are thick shelled, 3 layers, 2nd shell brown and pitted, embryonated, IH: May beetles, Dung beetles and Water beetles (grubs or adults), DH: pigs?Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus

- 111Which species does this life cycle belong to?Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus

- 112Which phylum of protozoa has an apical complex, resistant spores, and complex lifecycles involving sexual and asexual development?Apicomplexa (Sporozoa)

- 113Which genus of protozoa has a sporulated oocyst which contains 2 sporocysts that have 4 sporozoites, divide by endodygeny, extra-intestinal stages occur in tissues of DH, may involve paratenic hosts?Isospora/Cystoisospora

- 114Endodyogeny is?the formation of two daughter
organisms within the mother cell, which is used up during the process.
- 115Which species of protozoa enters the enterocytes of the small intestine of pigs?Isospora suis

- 116Which 2 species of protozoa infect dogs and cats in the small and large intestines?Isospora canis and Isospora ohioensis

- 117Which species of protozoa infects a huge amount of humans (1/3), causes abortions, pathology in immunocompromised people, cat is DH, most warm blooded animals are IH, locates in small intestine in DH, cats shed unsporulated oocysts, sporogony completed in environment, ingested with food/water, divide by endodyogeny -> tachyzoites -> macrophages, lymphocytes, plasma, etc., burst cells, continue to multiply -> invade cells and divide slowly: bradyzoites -> cysts which can persist for life of host or burstToxoplasma gondii

- 118Which species of protozoa is confused with T. gondii, has dogs as DH and IH, can have cattle, sheep and horses (NOT humans) as IH, can spread transpacentally (major in cattle), major cause of abortion in cattle, sporozoites, tachyzoites and bradyzoites (encysts in IH) infective, can encyst in neuronal tissues and muscles,Neospora caninum

- 119Which genus of protozoa encyst in the muscle, rely on predator-prey transfer, can infect humans, IH can be infected through food or water, 1st gen schizonts develop in endothelial cells of arterioles, 2nd gen in endothelial cells of capillaries, merozoites ENCYST IN MUSCLE, carnivores ingest cysts, sporogyny occurs in host cells, oocyst ruptures, shedding spores into lumen and environmentSarcocystis

- 120Which genus of protozoa is the primary cause of diarrhoea in humans and animals, has a wide range of hosts, locate in GIT, life cycle occurs on tips of intestinal epithelium, intracellular but extra-cytoplasmic, sporozites and merozites bound to epithelium and become enveloped by host cell membrane, oocyst contains 4 sporozoites but NO SPOROCYSTS, can be thick (passed in faeces) or thin (autoinfection) shelled, infect host through ingestion of oocystsCryptosporidium

- 121Which genus of protozoa locate in red blood cells, DH ticks, can infect humans, develops in ticks and vertebrates, asexual multiplication in vertebrate RBC, sexual reproduction in digestive tract of tick, asexual multiplication in other tissues of tick, larvae, nymphs and adults inject sporozoites with saliva, transovarial transmission in tick?Babesia

- 122Which genus of protozoa reproduce and develop in LYMPHOCYTES (T cells, B cells, monocytes and macrophages) and RBC, transmitted trans-stadially in ticks, pathogenic to ruminants, merozoites produced inside schizonts, merozoites freed when host lymphocytes degenerate, then penetrate RBC, 2 forms: slender, comma shaped and spherical/ovoid, migrate to tick salivary glands when tick moults?Theileria

- 123What are the developmental stages of phylum apicomplexa?

- 124Which subphylum of protozoa has flagella on trophozoites?Mastigophora

- 125Which family of protozoa usually use invertebrates as IH, cause disease in humans and animals, can be extracellular (blood stream) or intracellular (macrophages), spindle or rounded shape, one flagellum from basal body, UNDULATING MEMBRANE, single mitochondria with mass of DNA (kinetoplast), may have a complex lifecycle?Trypanosomatidae

- 126Which genus of protozoa live in blood and tissue fluids, undergo binary fission, usually transmitted by vectors?Trypanosoma

- 127Which species of protozoa causes chronic wasting disease in equids, ruminants, dogs, cats and other species, has a thin posterior end and is transmitted mechanically by flies from Tabanus spp.? (don't develop in fly)Trypanosoma evansi

- 128Which species of protozoa mainly affects equids, characterised by genital lesions, sexually transmitted, causes damage to nervous system and progressive emaciation?Trypansoma
equiperdum - 129Which species of protozoa is transmitted by Glossina spp. (tsetse flies), develop in equids, ruminants, dogs, cats, pigs, etc. but not humans, can invade and multiply in cerebrospinal fluid,Trypanosoma brucei

- 130Which genus of protozoa cause severe disease in animals and humans, transmitted through bite of female sandflies, cause visceral and cutaneous lesions in dogs, have 2 morphological forms: amastigotes (in mammals) and promastigotes (in flies)Leishmania

- 131Which family of protozoa are flagellated, inhibit alimentary canal or urogenital system of vertebrates and invertebrates, have undulating membrane bordered by flagellum, don't encyst, 3-5 anterior flagellum, 1 posterior/recurrent flagellum, reproduce through binary fission?Trichomonadidae

- 132Which species of protozoa infects the "canker" of upper digestive tract (mouth, pharynx, oesophagus, crop) of birds, 4 anterior flagellum and no free posterior flagellum, undulating membrane does not span full length of body, form pseudocysts, transfer through "pigeon milk", feeding on infected avian prey, feeding/drinking from contaminated areas?Trichomonas gallinae

- 133Which protozoa infects cattle reproductive tract (cause infertility and abortion), cat intestine (cause diarrhea), pig nasal cavity and digestive tract (usually non-pathogenic), 4 flagella: 3 free anterior, 1extends posteriorly, transferred sexually in cattle?Tritrichomonas foetus

- 134Which protozoa locates in galliform birds (especially turkeys), commonly in caeca and liver, changes form based on location: caecal lumen form and tissue form, uses nematode H. gallinarum eggs for transfer, eggs from nematode ingested by bird or by earthworm -> bird, multiply through binary fission in caeca, enter blood stream, reach liver, can transfer via cloacal drinking?Histomonas meleagridis

- 135Which genus of protozoa commonly infect humans, common in cattle, dogs and cats (especially young), cause acute and chronic diarrhea, locate in small intestine (free or attached to mucosa), multiply by binary fission, 2 life cycle forms: trophozoite and cyst, tranfer via ingestion of cysts with water or food (less common), encyst in lower duodenum?Giardia

- 136Which species of protozoa infect humans and pigs (mainly), dogs, cats and other species, locate in lumen of large intestine, 2 life stages: trophozoite and cyst, transfer via cysts in water and food, divide via binary fission, conjugation and likely budding, encyst while in colon or environment?Balantidium coli

- 137What is the lifecycle of phylum Sarcomastigophora?

- 138What is the order of ticksMetastigmata
- 139What family are these ticks?Hard ticks - Ixodidae

- 140What family are these ticks?Soft ticks - Argasidae

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- 143What is the life cycle of hard ticks

- 144—Just look at it for a while.

- 145Which species infects cattle, is a 1 host tick, mouthparts as long as basis capituli, basis capituli hexagonal, 1st coxa with small spurs, anal groove shallow & faint, males have adanal & accessory shields?Rhipicephalus
(microplus) australis (cattle tick)
- 146Which species has dogs as a host, is a 3 host tick, has mouthparts as long as basis capituli, basis capituli is hexagonal, coxa with 2 spurs, ansl groove behind the anus, males have 2 pairs of ventral shields?Rhipicephalus
sanguineus (brown dog tick)
- 147Which genus of tick mouthparts as long as basis capituli, basis capituli is rectangular, second segment of the palps extends laterally, no ventral plates/shields, 3 host tick?Haemaphysalis
bancrofti (wallaby tick)
- 148Which tick has dogs, cats, humans, cows, horses etc. as hosts, is a 3 host tick, mouthparts longer than basis capituli, 7 ventral plates in males, anal groove anterior and meet posteriorly?Ixodes holocyclus (paralysis tick)

- 149Which genus of tick has mouthparts longer than basis capituli, 2nd segment of palps twice as long as 3rd, males without shields, ornate scutum, 3 host ticks?Amblyomma

- 150Which tick has these features, infects kangaroos, humans, horses, cattle, dogs etc., 3 host tick?Amblyomma triguttatum (ornate kangaroo tick)

- 151Which genus of soft ticks has birds as a host, has an oval body, narrower at anterior, gnathostoma located ventrally in anterior third of body, lays eggs in cracks and crevices, larvae hatch and feed continuously, nymphs feed during night, adults feed at night once a monthArgas

- 152Which order of arthropods is microscopic, hypostome unarmed and hidden?Order Mesostigmata (mites)

- 153Which genus of arthropod is microscopic, Dorsal surface: shield tapers posteriourly and has its posterior margin straight, Ventral surface: anal plate is triangular, anus located in the posterior half, infects birds and mammals, nocturnal blood feeders, lay eggs in cracks and crevices, larvae don't feed, 2 nymph stages which feed at night?Dermanyssus

- 154Which genus of arthropod is microscopic, anal plate oval and wider anteriorly, anus located in anterior half, infect birds and mammals, lay eggs on host or in shed, 2 nymphal stages,Ornithonyssus

- 155Which order of arthropods are microscopic, have no stigmata (breathe through cuticle), 2 nymphal stages?Order astigmata
- 156Which species of mites has no stigmata, burrow in the skin, infect a wide range of mammalian hosts, oval/circle, ventral surface flat while dorsal is convex, almost square gnathostoma, dorsal surface has transversal striations, spines, triangular scales, conical legs?Sarcoptes scabiei

- 157Which species of mite infects cats and rabbits, small, body circular, gnathosoma short and rounded, concentrical striations, blunt scales, small & conical legs, anys located dorsallyNotoedres cati

- 158Which species of mite locates under the scales of legs on birds, circular, gnathosoma short, wider than long, dorsal surface has faint striations, females have a scaly aspect, no dorsal spines, legs short and stubby, anus terminal?K(C)nemidocoptes mutans

- 159Which species of mite infects cats and dogs, locates in external ear canal and skin of head, gnathosoma short, length same as width, 1st and 2nd legs similar size and long, 4th pair of legs very small, posterior lobes in males reduced, ventral suckers presentOtodectes cynotis

- 160Which species of mite infects cattle, sheep, goats, horses, etc., locate in surface of skin (don't burrow), oval body, gnathosoma short, rounded, legs are long and protrude beyond tip of gnathosoma & posterior, males have well developed posterior lobes, each with 2 long, flat setae, 3 normal setae and a pair of copulatory suckers?Chorioptes bovis

- 161Which family of mites have stigmata at the front of body?Prostigmata
- 162Which species of mite locates in dogs, is elongated, locates in hair follicles and sebaceous glands, 4 short, stumpy pairs of legs located at the front of body, no setae, spindle shaped eggs>Demodex canis

- 163Which genus of mites locates in dogs, cats and rabbits (3 different species), has an ovular body (saddle like), gnathosoma gig, palps end in claws, legs end in comb like structures, feather like setae?Cheyletiella

- 164Which species of mite locates in mammals and birds, only larvae parasitic, transmit from environment, 3 pairs of legs with smooth and feather-like setae, all legs with claws, gnathosoma stout with palps that end in 3 prongs?Trombicula (Neotrombicula) autumnalis

- 165Which order of arthropod is flattened dorso-ventrally, 3 pairs of legs that end in claws, spiracles, oval eggs with operculum which are attached to hair or feathers of host, 3 similar nymphal stages similar to adult stage?Phthiraptera (Lice)

- 166Which category of lice has head narrower than thorax, head pointed anteriorly, legs long and not always equal, feed on blood? (A)Sucking lice

- 167Which category of lice have a head as broad as or broader than thorax, head usually rounded, legs short and similar sizes, feed on epidermal debris, sebaceous secretions, parts of feathers, bacteria? (B)Chewing lice

- 168Which species of lice infect sheep, has a broad, red head wider than thorax, pale abdomen with transverse bands?Bovicola ovis

- 169Which species of lice infect cats, head wider than thorax, triangular, sharp & pointed anteriorly, median longtitudinal groove on head, small legs ending in claws?Felicola subrostrata(us)

- 170Which species of lice infects dogs, head wider than thorax and rectangular, stout legs ending with claws, wide abdomen?Trichodectes canis

- 171Which species of lice infects dingoes and domestic dogs, yellowish, rounded triangular head, spine-like processes, antennae not visible, legs with 2 claws?Heterodoxus spiniger

- 172Which species of lice infect chickens and turkeys (and other similar birds), triangular head wider than thorax, two short, spinelike processes on ventral side of head, abdomen dense covering of medium size setae?Menacanthus stramineus

- 173Which species of lice infects pigs, has obvious occular points behind antennae, thorax rectangular & wider than head, abdomen wide and well developed, paratergal plates on segments 2-8 of abdomen, 3 pairs of similar sized legs with claws?Haematopinus suis

- 174Which species of lice infects sheep and goats, head narrower than thorax, no eyes or occular points, first pair of legs smaller than other two, no plates, 2 rows of setae on each abdominal segment?Linognathus africanus

- 175What order of arthropods are laterally compressed, only adults are parasitic (both sexes), feed on blood, many species bear combs (ctenidia), 3 pairs of legs that end with claws, 3rd pair of legs long and strong?Siphonaptera (Fleas)

- 176What is the life cycle of a flea and what do the young feed on?Larvae feed on organic debris, adult faeces containing blood, each other, egg shells, etc. Adult emerges when it senses host (temp rise, vibration, sudden light intensity change, CO2 presence, odours, etc.)

- 177Which species of flea infects cats, dogs, humans, calves, etc., genal (7-8 spines), pronotal (16 spines), ctenidia (combs), eyes present and well developed, female head twice as long as high, pounted anteriorly, teeth of genal ctenidium same length, dorsal border of hind tibia 6 notches?Ctenocephalides felis

- 178Which species of flea has a head not twice as long as high, rounded anteriorly, 1st spine of teeth of genal ctenidium is shorter, dorsal border of hind tibia has 8 notches?Ctenocephalides canis

- 179Which species of flea infects birds, especially poultry, can also infect dogs, cats, rabbits, humans, etc., no ctenidia (combs), angular head, thorax reduced dorsally?Echidnophaga gallinacea

- 180Which order of arthropod has 2 wings, sometimes act as vectors for other diseases, mouthparts for sucking or piercing, undergo complete metamorphosis?Order Diptera (flies)

- 181Which species of fly infects cattle, buffalo, horses, dogs, humans, blood pool feeders, maxillary palps more than half the length of proboscis, labella has sharp teeth, large red eyes, thorax with 2 dark stripes, females reqire blood meal for egg production, lay eggs in faeces of cattle?Haematobia exigua

- 182Which family of flies have larvae as parasites of vertebrates (usually mammals)?Family Oestridae (bot and warble flies)

- 183Which fly genus larvae locates in the mouth, stomach and intestine of horses, donkeys, mules, zebras, humans (eyes and skin), etc., are reddish-orange, mouth hooks robust & laterally directed, multiple rows of spines encircle body segments, develop within hosts, shed in faeces when ready to pupate?Gasterophilus

- 184Which species of botfly has one row of sharp spines on venral surface of segments?Gasterphilus nasalis

- 185Which species of botfly has two rows of spines, mouth hooks with a saddle-like depression, spines slender and blunt tipped?Gasterophilus intestinalis

- 186Which species of botfly has two rows of spines, mouth hooks uniformly bent, spines small and pointed?Gasterophilus haemorrhoidalis

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