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Which protozoan forms sporulated oocysts containing 4 sporocysts × 2 sporozoites?

Eimeria

Which parasite permanently attaches male and female together?

Syngamus trachea

*causes ‘gapes’

Which parasite has a direct life cycle among lungworms?

Dictyocaulus

Which parasite has microfilariae in the skin rather than blood?

Onchocerca

*associated with dermatitis

Humans are accidental hosts for:

• Anisakis

• Toxocara

• Dirofilaria

The infective stage of Oxyuris equi is:

Embryonated egg with L3

Which parasite is associated with hypobiosis in the intestinal wall of horses?

Cyathostomins

Parasites is most likely to have a female longer than the male?

• Trichuris

• Toxocara

• Haemonchus

Which parasite first develops in lymphocytes before entering erythrocytes?

Theileria as schizonts

Which parasite is characterized by extraerythrocytic gamonts?

Leukocytozoon

Which parasite is characterized by intraerythrocytic gamonts?

Haemoproteus

The infective stage of Trypanosoma for the vertebrate host is:

Metacyclic trypomastigote

Which parasite is known as a hematic flagellate?

Trypanosoma

Which stage is found in the blood of dogs infected with Dirofilaria immitis?

Microfilaria

Which parasite is most associated with verminous arteritis?

Strongylus vulgaris

Which protozoan is transmitted by a tick?

Theileria

The definitive host of Plasmodium is:

Mosquito

Which stage infects mosquitoes in malaria?

Gametocyte

Which parasite is transmitted by ingestion of cysts?

Giardia

Which parasite has trophozoites and cysts?

Giardia

Which parasite is most likely to cause malabsorptive diarrhoea?

Giardia

Which parasite possesses an oesophageal bulb?

Oxyuris equi

Which parasite is acquired by ingestion of an embryonated egg?

• Trichuris

• Oxyuris

• Toxocara

Which parasite inhabits the caecum and colon?

Trichuris

Strongyle eggs are typically?

Thin shelled and morulated

*Nematodirus has less than 16 blastomeres

Which parasite's pathogenicity is primarily due to larval migration rather than adult worms?

Strongylus vulgaris

Which parasite is transmitted by ingestion of a sporulated oocyst?

Eimeria

Ancylostomatidae

Bunostomum and Uncinaria possesses…

cutting plates inside its buccal capsule instead of sharp teeth