5. internal parasites

roundworms

• spread easily through _____ or _____ _____

• eggs from infected _____ can remain _____ in the soil for years

• the _____ larvae can migrate to people

  • puppy infection can occur through the _____ or during _____

1. milk

2. eating larvae

3. feces

4. dormant

5. canis

6. placenta

7. nursing

what are the 3 roundworms?

1. toxocara canis

2. toxocara canti

3. toxascaris leonia

hookworms: attach to _____ _____ & feed on the animal’s _____

• can be lethal to _____

• eggs from infected _____ can hatch & live in soil

• the _____ can spread via colostrum/milk

• the _____ can penetrate & wander under human skin

• can infect dogs through _____, _____, & _____

1. intestinal wall

2. blood

3. puppies

4. feces

5. caninum

6. braziliense

7. paws

8. belly

9. licking

what are the 3 hookworms?

1. ancylostoma caninum

2. ancylostoma braziliense

3. uncinaria stenocephala

whipworm (trichuris vulpis): a parasite of the _____ _____ & _____

• thick-shelled eggs with _____ _____

• in light infections there are _____ _____, but as infection increases the _____ reaction becomes more pronounced

1. large intestine

2. cecum

3. bipolar plugs

4. no signs

5. inflammatory

tapeworms: absorb _____ _____ from the animal

• dipylidium caninum is transmitted via _____ & _____

  • _____ to _____ transmission

• can see segments in _____ or _____

• tenia pisiformis is transmitted via _____ _____, _____ _____, & _____ (edible organs) from _____ & _____

• 2 main forms in humans:

  • E. granuosus - _____ _____

  • E. multilocularis - _____ _____

  • human are _____ _____ hosts meaning they are not able to _____ the disease

1. vital nutrients

2. mice

3. rats

4. dog

5. cat

6. feces

7. coat

8. small mammals

9. raw meat

10. offal

11. rabbits

12. hares

13. cystic echinococcosis

14. alveolar echinococcosis

15. accidental intermediate

16. spread

what are the 3 tapeworms?

1. dipylidium caninum (dog)

2. taenis pisiformis

3. dipylidium caninum (cat)

nanophyetus salmincola

• the “_____ fever”

• _____ carry the eggs from infected _____ which get transferred to the _____ which gets eaten by the animal & continues the cycle

• possible infection from _____ or _____ _____ infected fish

1. salmon

2. snails

3. feces

4. salmon

5. raw

6. improperly prepared

what are the 3 intestinal flukes?

1. nanophyetus salmincola

2. alaria alata, A canis, alaria spp

3. heterobilharzia americana

what are the 3 hepatic flukes?

1. opisthorchis felineus

2. platynosomum concinnum

3. metorchis albidus, M. conjunctus

heartworm (dirofilaria immitis): spagetti-like worms that live in the _____, _____, & _____

• is spread via _____ so there is a risk with the _____

1. heart

2. lungs

3. bloodstream

4. mosquitos

5. outdoors

protozoa: parasitic _____, _____-celled organism that can only divide _____ _____

1. eukaryotic

2. single

3. within host

coccidiosis: infects the _____ _____ & seems to be _____-specific

• cats can be infected by _____ _____ & _____ _____

• dogs can be infected by _____ _____

• _____ not susceptible

• are labeled _____ pathogens - virulence is based on various _____

1. intestinal tract

2. species

3. isospora ssp

4. toxoplasma ssp

5. isospora ssp

6. humans

7. opportunistic

8. stressors

toxoplasma gondii: zoonotic _____

• transmitted through:

  • consumption of infectious _____ from cat _____

  • consumption of tissue _____ in infected _____

  • _____ transfer from mother to fetus

1. coccidiosis

2. oocytes

3. feces

4. cysts

5. meat

6. transplacental

leishmanosis

• transmitted through the _____ of _____ _____ _____ _____

• is potentially _____

1. bites

2. female phlebotomine sand flies

3. fatal

giardia: a chronic _____ infection

• the _____, _____ form is in the gut

• the _____, _____ form is in the feces

• transmission via the _____-_____ route

1. intestinal

2. fragile, feeding

3. hardy, cystic

4. fecal-oral