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VT 255
Week 1
61
Veterinary Medicine
Not Applicable
03/09/2015

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Term
Facultative
Definition
Exist as free living/ on host (Flea and Ticks)
Term
Obligatory
Definition
has to have a host to live (Must-live as parasite)
Term
Incidental
Definition
Accidental parasite [Heartworm]
(found in an animal other then the natural host)
Term
Temporary/ Intermittent
Definition
Visits than leaves (geardia and toxidia)
Term
Endoparasite
Definition
Lives inside the host
Term
Ectoparasite
Definition
Lives outside the host
Term
What are some sources of parasite infections?
Definition
Soil
Food
Contaminated Water
Feces
Ingestion
Term
Definite/ Primary
Definition
Harbors adult parasite
Term
Intermediate/ Secondary
Definition
Supports the asexual state of the parasite
Term
Reservoir
Definition
Harbors parasite but not affected by the parasite
Term
What do you look for when doing a Gross Exam?
Definition
Consistency
Color
Blood
Mucus
Gross parasites
(Tapeworm & Roundworm)
Term
What are Cestodes
Definition
Flatworms and Tapeworms
Term
What is the Sign. Name for Pinworm?
Definition
Enterobius Vermicularis
Term
What is the name of the segment of a tapeworm?
Definition
Proglottides
Term
What is a reddish- brown Nematode that is measured for about 5-5.5 m long
Definition
Trichostrongylus Spp.
Term
What are the only ways to identify Trichostrongylus Sup.
Definition
Fecal culture and Larval Identification
Term
What's the Sign. name for Heartworm diseases?
Definition
Dirofilaria Immitis
Term
What is the most common Coccidian protozoan that effects dogs and cats?
Definition
Isospora
Term
Which protozoan does a pregnant woman has to worry about?
Definition
Toxoplasma
Term
What causes Equine Protazoal Myeloencephalitis (EPM)
Definition
Sarcocystic Neurona
Term
What is the new drug of choice to treat Coccidia?
Definition
Marquis
Term
What is Marquis's Generic Name?
Definition
Ponazuril
Term
Why does a baby has to wait 6mo of age to be test for heartworm
Definition
Life Cycle of the Heartworm
Term
What is the most widely used fixative for preserving tissues
Definition
10% Formalin
Term
What does the "Pluck" mean
Definition
Remove a set of tissues as one
Term
What set of tissues are remove during the pluck
Definition
Tongue, larynx, trachea, esophagus, heart, and lungs
Term
When doing a avian necropsy what is an important place to take samples from?
Definition
Crop
Term
On an Equine necropsy what is important to do
Definition
All the Joint
Term
On a Ruminant Necropsy what is important to remove
Definition
the Omentum
Term
All Necropsy begin in what positions
Definition
Left Lateral Recumbency
Term
What fixative is good for preserving cell details
Definition
Bouin's
Term
In a Necropsy for a microbiology testing, what is the most important place to start
Definition
Primary site of disease
Term
For Viral Isolation, the tissues can be placed in the refrigerator or in what?
Definition
50% Buffered Glycol
Term
When submitting a necropsy sample for cytology what stain do you use
Definition
NO staining
Term
When needing a tissue sample to stay flat, what can you do before putting it into the fixer?
Definition
Pin it to the cardboard
Term
The human form of this is called "Beaver Fever"
Definition
Giardia
Term
Crytosporidium is what type of organism
Definition
Protozoan; Unicellular organism
Term
What is giardia considered to be besides a protozoan?
Definition
trophazoite
Term
What drug is used to treat heartworm
Definition
Immiticide
Term
How is Immiticide given?
Definition
Deep IM Inj.
Term
How many is Immiticide given for HW
Definition
2 Deep IM inj w/i 24hrs, then another in 1mo
Term
What's the complication in cats when receiving Immiticide
Definition
severe pulmonary Thromboembolism
Term
Trematodes are also known as what
Definition
Flukes
Term
[image]
Definition
Roundworm
Term
[image]
Definition
Hookworm
Term
[image]
Definition
Whipworm
Term
[image]
Definition
Adult Hookworm
Term
[image]
Definition
Toxicara Leonina (Roundworm)
Term
[image]
Definition
Taenia Pisifurmia (Tapeworm)
Term
[image]
Definition
Dipylidium Caninum
Term
[image]
Definition
Toxocara Cati
Term
[image]
Definition
Giardia
Term
[image]
Definition
Coccidia
Term
[image]
Definition
Toxoplasma
Term
What is the sign. name for roundworms for dogs?
Definition
Toxicara canis
Term
What's the Sign. name for roundworms for cats
Definition
Toxicara Cati
Term
What's the Sign. name for roundworms for a non- how specific
Definition
Toxicara Leonina
Term
What's the Sign name for Hookworm
Definition
Ancylostoma Caninum
Term
What's the Sign name for tapeworm
Definition
Taenia
Term
What's the Sign name for Coccidia
Definition
Isospora
Term
What's the sign. name for whipworm
Definition
Trichuris Vulpis
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