Parasites - basic bitch names

Common names of parasites for Exam 2

Liver fluke

Fasciola hepatica

Liver fluke of wild ruminants

Fascioloides magna

Salmon poisoning fluke

Nanophyetus salmincola

Intestinal fluke of dogs and cats

Alaria spp.

Lung fluke of dogs and cats

Paragonimus kellicotti

Avian schistosomes

Schistosoma spp

Thorny headed worm of swine

Macroacanthorhynchus hirudinaceus

Giardia

Giardia spp

Coccidia

Cystoisospora species

Toxoplasma

Toxoplasma gondii

Cryptosporidium “crypto”

Cryptosporidium species

Leishmania

Leishmania species

Trypanosome

Trypanosoma cruzi

Babesia

Babesia canis

cytauxzoon

Cytauxzoon felis

Hepatozoon

Hepatozoon canis

Coccidia

Eimeria species

Babesia

Babesia bigemina

Trichomonas

Tritrichomonas foetus

Sarcocystis

Sarcocystis neurona

Coccidia

Cystoisospora suis

Giardia

Giardia psittaci

Blackhead

Histomonas meleagridis

Trichomonas

Trichomonas gallinae

Haemonpreteus

Haemonpreteus species

Avian malaria

Plasmodium species

Leucocytozoon

Leucocytozoon species

Coccidia of rabbits

Eimeria species

Ciliate of fish

Ichthyophthirius multifillis