Parasite final ID

Sarcoptes Scabiei (Sarcoptic mange mite)

lifestage: adult

This was found on a dog with intense pruritus. What is it? Is it contagious to humans?

Demodex spp (Follicle mite)

lifestage: adult

This was found on a dog with a small, well circumscribed hairless area on his front leg. What is it? Is it contagious to humans?

Paragonimus kellicotti (lung fluke)

lifestage: egg

This was found in the stool sample of a coughing cat. What is it?

Diplyidium caninum (double-poured tapeworm)

lifestage: egg

This was found in the stool sample of a dog with no associated clinical signs. What is it?

Alaria spp. (intestinal fluke)

lifestage: egg

This was found in the stool sample of a dog with no associated clinical signs. What is it?

otodectes cynotis (ear mite)

lifestage: adult

This was found in the ear of a kitten. What is it?

Ctenocephalides felis (cat flea)

lifestage: adult

This was found in the fur of a kitten. What is it?

Haematopinus suis (pig sucking louse)

Lifestage: larval/adult/nymph

This was found on an anemic pig. What is it?

melophagus ovinus (sheep ked)

lifestage: adult

This was found on a sheep with very poor quality wool. What is it?

cuterebra spp. (rodent/rabbit bot fly)

lifestage: adult

This was extracted from an indoor/outdoor kitten that lives on a produce farm. What is it?

lone start tick

lifestage: adult/nymph

Amblyomma americanum

brown dog tick

lifestage: adult/nymph

Rhipicephalus sanguineus

american dog tick

lifestage: adult/nymph

dermacentor variabilis

deer tick

lifestage: adult/nymph

Ixodes scapularis

Toxocara canis (canine roundworm)

Lifestage: egg

This was found in a stool sample of a coughing puppy with diarrhea. What is it?

Aelurostrongylus abstrusus (feline lungworm)

Lifestage: Larval

This was found in a stool sample of a coughing cat. What is it?

Trichuris vulpis (canine whipworm)

Lifestage: egg

This was found in a stool sample of a dog with black tarry stool. What is it?

Ancylostoma caninum (canine hookworm)

Lifestage: egg

This was found in a stool sample of a dog with bloody stool. What is it?

Trypanosoma cruzi

lifestage: trypomastigote

This was found on a blood smear from a dog in a kennel in Louisiana where many young dogs are dying. Others are anemic and febrile. What is it?

Ascaris suum (large roundworm of pigs)

Lifestage: egg

This was found in a stool sample of a young scouring pig. What is it?

Strongylus vulgaris (bloodworm of horses)

Lifestage: egg

This was found in a stool sample of a colicky horse. Name one kind of worm it could be.

Haemonchus contortus (barberpole worm)

Lifestage: egg

This was found in a stool sample of an anemic sheep. What is it most likely to be?

Stephanurus dentatus (kidney worm of pigs)

Lifestage: egg

This was found in the urine of a pig. What is it?

Dictyocaulus viviparus (cattle lungworm)

lifestage: larvae

This was found via the Baermann Technique in a stool sample of a coughing cow. What is it?

Dirofilaria immitis (heartworm)

Lifestage: microfilaria

This was found in the blood of a dog. What is it?

Giardia duodenalis

Lifestage: trophozoite

This was found on a direct fecal saline smear of a puppy with diarrhea. What is it?

Trichinella spiralis (pork worm)

Lifestage: larvae

This parasite encysts in muscle tissue and is nonpathogenic to its porky host.