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| Toxacara canis, Toxascaris leonina |
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| Toxacara catis, Toxascaris leonina |
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| Typical hookworms in dogs |
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| Ancylostoma braziliense, Ancyclostoma caninum, Uncinaria stenocephala |
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| Typical hookworms in cats |
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| Ancylostoma tubaeforme, Ancylostoma braziliense, Uncinaria stenocephala |
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| Trichuris Vulpis (dogs and cats) |
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| Taenia species, Dipylidium caninum, Echinococcus granulosus, Echinococcus multilocularis |
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| Taenia species, Dipylidium caninum, Echinococcus multilocularis |
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| Toxoplasma gondii- forms cysts in brain- dangerous in immunocompromised individuals |
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| Toxoplasma gondii oocysts |
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| only shed in feces for 1-2 weeks, definitive host is cat |
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| Neospora caninum (shed by definitive host- dog) |
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| Cryptosporidium (Cryptosporidiosis) |
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| Cryptosporidium parvum (sub types C. canis (dog) and C. felis) |
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| Giardia Lamblia AKA Giardia intestinalis or Giardia duodenalis |
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| Isospora species- not contagious as they are species specific, causes sunflower yellow diarrhea |
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| Trichostrongylus sp. (poultry), Trichostrongylus axei (sheep, goats, horses, cattle) |
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| Ostertagia ostertagi (cattle) |
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| Hemonchus contortus (barberpole worm- ruminants) |
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| Cooperia species (ruminants) |
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| Nematodirus spathoger, Nematodirus fillicollis (sheep) |
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| Strongylus vulgaris, Srongylus equinus, Strongylus edentatus (horse) |
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| Strongyloids papillosus (ruminants), Strongyloids ransomi (pigs), Strongyloides westeri (horses) |
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| Oesophagastomum columbianum, Oesophagastomum venulosum (sheep), Oesophagostomum radiatum (ruminants, especially cattle), Oesophagostomum dentatum Oesophagostomum brevicaudum (pigs). |
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| Used to isolate lungworm larvae |
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| quantitative technique to determine the number of eggs present per gram of feces. |
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| Causes of false positive fecal flotation results |
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| Animal is a non-clinical carrier of the parasite, clinical parasitism due to auto-immune disorder, parasite species found on fecal flotation is not the right species for that host, lab error, wrong parasite identified |
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| Causes of a false negative Fecal Flotation |
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| Incorrect diagnosis, lab error, incidental species of parasite (rather than pathological), parasites shed intermittently, low numbers of oocysts or larvae, low parasite load, eggs already hatched, incorrect technique (eggs did not float due to SG of solution) |
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| qualitative method for detecting trematode eggs (Paramphistomum) and other species in the feces. |
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| “Best Practice” for processing all fecal samples in veterinary medical practice, |
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| Sodium chloride, Sugar, Zinc sulfate, Magnesium sulfate, Sodium nitrate |
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| Some species of eggs are not easily differentiatied so a culture of the egs until they hatch into L3 (infective) larvae is done to ID them. |
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| Other tests used for fecal examinations |
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| Agar jell, PCR, Fecal culture, SNAP test (Giardia) |
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| Wisconsin sugar flotation technique |
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| more sensitive than the Fecalyzer technique if low numbers of eggs are present as is usually the case in dairy cows. |
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| Fecal flotation limitations |
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| fragile parasites, eggs that are too heavy to float, motile (protozoans, reproduce with live larvae (no eggs), not all parasites exist in the GI tract |
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| Tapeworm of ruminants (occasionally dogs get it after eating intestines of ruminants) |
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| Liver flukes (Fasciola hepatica- cows, sheep, goats, other livestock) |
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| Ascaridia in chicken, turkey, and duck |
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| Quantity of sample needed for soft stool |
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| Quantity of sample needed for slurry like feces |
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| Quantity of sample needed for liquid feces |
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| Minimum sample size for fecal floatation |
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Specimens should be examined grossly for the presence of blood, mucus, intact worms, or tapeworm segments.
Color, odor, consistency, and debris should be noted. |
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| red blood in feces- indicated bleeding in lower 6 inches of intestinal tract |
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| black, tarry stools. Are black due to presence of digested blood, indicates upper GI tract bleeding. Bad news |
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| Parasite oocyst that looks like a matador hat (or Mickey Mouse hat) |
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| small areas that rise above the egg |
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| comes first in a name, always capitalized, full name always in italics or underlined |
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| comes second to Genus, always lower case, always italicized or underlined |
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| Detects mobile protozoans, done with liquid fecal samples |
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| Giardia Lamblia AKA Giardia intestinalis, Giardia duodenalis |
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| Fasciola Hepatica (liver flukes) |
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| Hemonchus contortus (barber pole worm) |
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