Veterinary Parasitology Reviewer Part 2 (Helminthology)

Spirocerca lupi

Oesophageal worm of dogs which is also an important factor in the development of esophageal sarcoma.

Fasciola hepatica

This is the Liverfluke of elephants

Stephanofilaria okinawaensis

This causes Cascado or Verminous dermatitis in man

Echinococus granulosus

This causes Fatal Human Hydatidosis

Ancylostoma braziliense

Cutaneous larva migrans is caused by

Taenia multiceps

Gid or staggers brain disease is caused by

Spirometra mansoni

Cause of Sparganosis in man

Dictyocaulus filaria

Causes catarrhal bronchitis in ruminants

Lymanaea auricularia rubiginosa

Snail host of Fasciola gigantica in the Philippines

Angiostrongylus cantonensis

Also known as Rat lungworm which can cause eosinophilic meningoencephalitis in man

Spirocerca lupi

Parasite important in the development of esophageal sarcoma.

Taenia(multiceps) multiceps

This is also known as the bladder worm

Anatrichosoma cutaneum

Hairworm found in the subcutaneous tissues of monkeys.

Parafilaria bovicola

This parasite causes hemorrhagic nodules in the skin of buffaloes

Onchocerca volvulus

The cause of river blindness in man which utilizes Simulium spp. as intermediate host.

Ancylostoma braziliense

Cutaneous larva migrans is mainly caused by

Taenia solium

Tapeworm that causes neurocysticercosis in man

Ostertagia ostertagi

Elevated levels of plasma pepsinogen in cattle is indicative of infection with this parasite

Ostertagia ostertagi

Heavy ingestion with this parasite can cause hyperplasia of the mucosa giving the characteristic "morocco leather" appearance

Ancylostoma braziliense

The main cause of creeping eruption in man

Angiostrongylus costaricensis

The cause of eosinophilic granulomata in the intestine of man

Habronema muscae

The cause of granular dermatitis/ summer sore in horses

Syngamus trachea

The cause of gape in poultry

Stephanofilaria okinawaensis

The cause of cascado or verminous dermatitis in man

Echinococcus granulosus

Fatal human hydatidosis is caused by:

Spirocerca lupi

This is the esophageal worm of dogs

Taenia multiceps

Gid or staggers , a brain disease, is caused by the presence of the metacestode of this parasite.

Spirometra mansoni

This causes Sparganosis in man

Monieza benedeni

The egg of this parasite is quadrilateral in shape.

Dictyocaulus filaria

This parasite causes catarrhal parasitic bronchitis in ruminants.

Elaeophora schneideri

Most common parasite of the common carotid artery of the sheep.

Davainea proglottina

It is the smallest yet most pathogenic poultry tapeworm.

Stephanofilaria assamensis

This causes hump sore, a chronic dermatitis in cattle.

Rhabditis bovis

It is the cause of parasitic otitis in bovine.

Dioctophyme renale

This is the largest nematode in domesticated animals (100cm)

Schistosoma spindale

This causes rice paddy itch in Malaysia.

Ligula intestinalis

Infection with this species in fishes is characterized by a swollen abdomen caused by its large plerocercoids displacing the organs.

Suifilaria suis

This filariid worm may produce small whitish nodules in the connective tissue of pigs an may be mistaken as young cysticerci.

Posthodiplostomum cuticola

This causes "black spot disease" of fishes.

Neodiplostomum perlatum

This causes "gray pearl disease" of fishes.

Philophthalmus gralli

This is the oriental eye fluke of chickens.

Fascioloides magna

This is the large Americna liver fluke.

Probstmayria vivipara

This is the minute pinworm of equids.

Anisakis simplex

This is the Herringworm of marine animals.

Pseudoterranova decipiens

This is the cod or sealworm of marine animals.

Dranculus medinensis

This is known as the guinea worm or Medina worm in the subcutaneous tissues of humans, dogs, horses.

Taenia saginata

The gravid segments of this Taenia species spontaneously leave the host.

Paragonimus westermani

This helminth usually occurs in pairs inside cysts in the lung parenchyma.

Enterobius vermicularis

The feeling of shame and inferiority is one of the symptoms observed in man infected with:

Toxocara vitulorum

Infection with this parasite results in rat-tail appearance in the infected animal.