flatworms & protozoans parasites

Hepatozoon canis/ americanum

Hepatazoonosis

Hepatozoon canis/ americanum

Blood smear

Cytauxzoon felis

Cytauxzoonosis

Cytauxzoon felis

Blood smear

Theileria spp.

Equine piroplasm

Theileria spp.

Blood smear of horses

Babesia canis/ bigemina

Babesia or canine piroplasm

Babesia canis/ bigemina

Blood smear of dog or cattle

Leishmania spp.

Leishmania

Leishmania spp.

Skin scraping of cutaneous lesions of lymph nodes, spleen, bone marrow, or other tissues

Trypanosoma cruzi

Trypanosome

Trypanosoma cruzi

Blood smear

Tritrichomonas foetus

Trichomonas

Tritrichomonas foetus

Fluid from stomach of aborted fetus or uterine discharge

Cryptosporidium spp.

Crypto

Cryptosporidium spp.

Stained fecal smear

Toxoplasma gondii

Toxoplasma

Toxoplasma gondii

Rare in fecal flotation

Eimeria spp.

Coccidiosis

Eimeria spp.

Fecal flotation with zinc sulfate

Cytoisospora spp

Coccidiosis

Cystoisospora spp.

Fecal flotation with zinc sulfate

Balantidium coli

Balantidium

Balantidium coli

Fecal flotation or direct smear

Giardia spp.

Giardia

Giardia spp.

fecal flotation or direct smear

Paragonimus kellicoti

Lung fluke

Paragonimus kellicoti

Fecal flotation or sedimentation

Nanophyetus salmincola

Salmon poisoning fluke

Nanophyetus salmincola

Fecal sedimentation or centrifugation with sheather’s

Fasciola hepatica

Liver fluke

Fasciola hepatica

Fecal sedimentation

Anolocephala spp

Equine tapeworm

Anolocephala spp.

Fecal flotation

Moniezia spp.

Ruminant tapeworms

Moniezia spp.

Fecal flotation

Echinococcus spp.

Uniocuoar/multiocular Hydatid tapeworm

Taenia spp.

Tapeworm

Diplyidium caninum

Cucumber seed tapeworm

Diplylidium caninum

In feces or on fecal flotation of dogs or cats

Taenia spp.

In feces or segment squash from dogs

Echinococcus spp.

usually small so find adult in GI of dogs or cats

Spirometra mansonoides

zipper or sparganosis tapeworm

Diphyllobothrium latum

Broad fish tapeworm