VPAR 132 Final Lab Exam - Common Names

Most members of Family Fasciolidae are known as __

Liver Flukes

Disease caused by F. gigantica

Fasciolosis, Liver Fluke Disease, or Liver Rot

Common name of Fasciola gigantica

Giant Liver Fluke

Common name of Fasciola hepatica

Common Liver Fluke

Common name of Fasciolopsis buski

Giant Intestinal Fluke

Common name of Fascioloides magna

Giant Deer Liver Fluke or Large American Liver Fluke

Common name of those belonging to Superfamily Paramphistomodea

Amphistomes

Common name of Family Schistosomatidae

Blood flukes

Disease caused by Schistosoma japonicum

• Schistosomosis

• Schistosomiasis japonica

• Snail fever

• Bilharziasis or Katayama disease

Common name of Dicrocoelium dendriticum

Lancet Fluke

Common name of Platynosomum fastosum

Cat Liver Fluke

Common name of Opisthorchis sinensis

Chinese or Oriental Liver Fluke

Common name of Opisthorchis felineus (=O. tenuicollis)

Cat Liver Fluke

Common name of Family Paragonimidae

Lung Flukes

Common name of Philophthalmus

Eye Flukes

Common name of Diphyllobothrium latum

Broad-fish tapeworm of man

Common name of Moniezia expansa

Double-pored tapeworm of sheep and goats

Common name of Moniezia benedini

Double-pored tapeworm of cattle and carabaos

Common name of Anoplochala perfoliata

Ileal or cecal tapeworm

Common name of Anoplocephala magna

Large Tapeworm of equines

Common name of Thysanosoma actinoides

Fringed tapeworm

Common name of Rodentolepis nana

Dwarf Tapeworm

Common name of Dipylidium caninum

• Cucumber tapeworm

• Flea tapeworm

• Creeping seed

• Double-pored tapeworm of dogs and cats

Family Taeniidae

True tapeworms of man and carnivores that are small to very large in size.

Characterized by gravid proglottids with a uterus bearing many lateral branches

Common name of Taenia solium

Armed or pork tapeworm of man

Common name of Taenia saginata

Unarmed or Beef tapeworm of man

Common name of Taenia taeniaformis

Cat tapeworm or Feline tapeworm

Common name of Heterakis gallinarum

Caecal worm of poultry

Common name of Strongyloides spp.

Threadworms

Common name of Trichuris spp.

Whipworms

Common name of Capillaria

Hairworms

Common name of Pearsonema (=Capillaria) plica

Dog bladder worm

Common name of equine strongyles

Palisade worms or red worms

Common name of Oesophagostomum

Nodular worms

Common name of Haemonchus contortus

• Twisted stomach worm

• Wire worm

• Barber’s pole worm

Common name of Hyostrongylus rubidus

“Red stomach worm” of pigs

Common name of Family Ancylostomatidae

Hookworms

Other name of Spirocerca lupi

Oesophageal worm of dogs

Common name of Stephanurus dentatus

Kidney worm of swine

Common name of Probstmayria vivipara

Small equine pinworm

Common name of Oxyuris equi

Large equine pinworm

Common name of Syngamus trachea

Gapeworm - characteristic gaping observed in affected birds

Common name of Dirofilaria immitis

The heartworm of dogs

Common name of Cheilospirura hamulosa

Gizzard worm

Common name for Class Acanthocephala

Thorny headed worms

Common name of Cooperia sp.

Bankrupt worms