Relier Pairs Parasitology Clinical Sign MatchingVersion en ligne Match the appropriate clinical signs/diseases that each parasite is associated with par Olivia Ortiz 1 Aelurostrongylus abstrusus 2 Ancylostoma tubaeforme/braziliense 3 Toxocara cati 4 Ancylostoma caninum 5 Trichuris vulpis 6 Toxocara canis 7 Uncinaria stenocephala 8 Eucoleus boehmi 9 Filaroides osleri 10 Toxascaris leonina causes blood loss in puppies, anemia, melena, and cutaneous larva migrans nodules in alveolar ducts; chronic cough; dyspnea; wheezing; mimic asthma or bronchitis tenesmus; mucus + bright red blood (large bowel diarrhea); emaciation; dehydration; anemia least pathogenic, but it can cause vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain causes mucous diarrhea, poor growth, enteropathy, and cutaneous larva migrans causes death in neonatal puppies, pot-bellied appearance, dull coat, diarrhea/constipation, and visceral/ocular larva mirgans persistant, harsh, dry cough; dyspnea; death respiratory (sneezing, nasal discharge, coughing) causes anemia, pale mucous membranes, weakness, melena, diarrhea, and cutaneous larva migrans causes vomiting, diarrhea, pot-bellied appearance, coughing, and visceral/ocular larva migrans 1 Dirofilaria immitis 2 Strongyloides stercoralis 3 Eucoleus aerophilus 4 Dioctophyma renale 5 Baylisascaris procyonis 6 Ollulanus tricuspis 7 Spirocerca lupi 8 Physaloptera spp. 9 Haemonchus contortus 10 Pearsonema spp. coughing; exercise intolerance; right sided heart failure vomiting; anorexia; dark, tarry stools bottle jaw; blood sucking parasite = anemia, hypoproteinemia, edema nervousness; emaciation; urine retention; death catarrhal gastritis; wight loss; anorexia; chronic vomiting Strongyloidiasis; intractable diarrhea; coughing; dermatitis; intense pruritis; death (severe, in puppies) respiratory (sneezing, nasal discharge, coughing) or urinary (hematuria, pollakiuria, dysuria) asymptomatic (unless present in large numbers); neurological diseases non-pathogenic; lower uninary tract symptoms (hematuria, pollakiuria, dysuria) mass interference with digestion; vomiting; emaciation; dysphagia, occlusion of esophagus; spondylitis; malignant tumors 1 Parelaphostrongylus tenuis 2 Ascaris suum 3 Nematodirus spathiger 4 Toxocara vitulorum 5 Ostertagia ostertagi 6 Trichinella spiralis 7 Trichuris ovis 8 Trichuris suis 9 Oesophagostomum spp. 10 Strongyloides papillosus black diarrhea; abscesses; possible perforation; nodule formation in cecum diarrhea, weight loss, unthriftiness, dehydration, and anorexia blood feeders resulting in dark, tarry diarrhea blood feeding = anemia diarrhea; mucoid enteritis; poor growth unthriftiness, diarrhea, poor growth, and abdominal pain diarrhea; protein loss; poor growth; bottle jaw; loss of HCl production (pepsinogen not activated) diarrhea; vomiting; muscle pain; weight loss liver scarring = organ condemnation; thumps in piglets asymptomatic (deer); pathology of CNS in wild ungulates = ataxia; lameness; stiffness; circling; paralysis 1 Oxyuris equi 2 Gasterophilus intestinalis 3 Stephanurus dentatus 4 Cyathostomes 5 Parascaris equorum 6 Strongyloides ransomi 7 Strongyloides westeri 8 Habronema spp. 9 Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus 10 Strongylus vulgaris neonatal diarrhea, dehydration, mortality diarrhea, self limiting weight loss; organ damage; strongyle-type eggs in urine large number of bots in stomach can cause a rupture of the stomach w/peritonitis and death increase in mucus secretions w/ possible hemorrhage and ulcerations; habronemiasis abdominal pain, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea pot-bellied; cough; poor growth; risk of intestinal impaction verminous aneurysms, thromboembolic arteritis, colic, death irritation around the rectum and tail rubbing colitis (mass emergence of larvae); weight loss; diarrhea 1 Echinococcus granulosus 2 Metastrongylus apri 3 Dictyocaulus spp. 4 Onchocerca cervicalis 5 Dipylidium caninum 6 Muellerius capillaris 7 Echinococcus spp. 8 Setaria equina 9 Taenia spp. 10 Dictyocaulus arnfieldi spotting proglottids in stool; scooting behavior hydatid disease in humans and livestock larvae may migrate to ocular and nervous systems = neurologic diseases; lumbar paralysis coughing; pneumonia; weight loss coughing; nasal discharge; pneumonia; can carry without obvious signs scooting behavior (migrating proglottids) cysticercosis in humans caused by T. solium and affects the CNS tissues chronic coughing; pneumonia; weight loss verminous pneumonia; abdominal breathing (thumps); scarring in the liver from migration (white spot) pressure atrophy and impaired organ function; hydatid cysts swellings on the withers of a horse when it encysts in the nuchal ligament; dermatitis 1 Anoplocephala perfoliata 2 Diphyllobothrium latum 3 Alaria spp. 4 Spirometra mansonoides 5 Hymenolepis spp. 6 Paragonimus kellicoti 7 Mesocestoides spp. 8 Echinococcus multilocularis 9 Moniezia spp. 10 Nanophyteus salmincola produces sparganosis in humans alveolar achinococcosis (potentially fatal) and hydatid cysts abdominal pain, diarrhea, and vomiting, along with weight loss, fatigue; Diphyllobothriasis adult infection in dog is asymptomatic while in humans it causes severe diarrhea; severe peritonitis and ascites = larval infection in dogs and cats Neorickettsia helminthoeca; fever, vomiting, diarrhea, ocular discharge, lymph node enlargement abdominal pain, diarrhea, and loss of appetite contributes to colic, intussusception, perforation, obstruction, rupture lethargy, coughing, respiratory diseases heavy infections that can reduce growth in young animals infection from ingesting eating undercooked frog legs 1 Trypanosoma cruzi 2 Leishmania spp. 3 Fasicola hepatica 4 Heterbilharzia americanum 5 Eimeria leuckarti 6 Platynosomum fastosum 7 Tritrichomonas foetus 8 Dicrocoelium dendriticum 9 Cystoisospora/Eimeria spp. 10 Giardia duodenalis cholangitis; hepatobiliary diseases; jaundice; diarrhea; weight loss; liver dysfunction bloody diarrhea, weight loss, emaciation subclinical, heavy burdens = chronic liver disease malabsoprtion and diarrhea (called traveler's diarrhea); giardiasis skin ulcers (c) fever, weight loss, and enlarged spleen/liver (v) often asymptomatic; diarrhea, decreased appetite, and mild depression (foals) anemia; weight loss; hepatitis; bile duct obstruction; secondary clostridial infections; (anorexia, abdominal pain, diarrhea = horses) coccidiosis = diarrhea; dehydration; poor growth Trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease); myocarditis; sudden death infertility, abortion, pyometra; Trichinellosis 1 Cystoisospora suis 2 Sarcocyst spp. 3 Ctenocephalides felis 4 Toxoplasma gondii 5 Cryptosporidium spp. 6 Mallophaga spp. 7 Eimeria macusaniensis 8 Neospora caninum 9 Anoplura spp. 10 Eimeria zuernii neuromuscular disease (ataxia, paralysis, muscle atrophy); progressive hindlimb weakness in pups; abortion and fetal loss in cattle watery diarrhea (no blood) and vomiting watery diarrhea; dehydration; intestinal inflammation; cryptosporidosis (C. parvum) severe enteritis; lethargy; weight loss; decreased appetite; shock; fatal neurologic disease fetal death or neurological birth defects; congenital toxoplasmosis Dipylidium caninum and Bartonella; anemia; flea-allergy dermatitis; miliary dermatitis; alopecia; miliary excoriations; pruritus irritation; pruritus; alopecia; dermatitis irritation; pruritus; alopecia; dermatitis; anemia hemorrhagic diarrhea subclinical in dogs/cats; economic losses, abortion, fever, muscle inflammation, and reduced performance (livestock); S. neruona causes EPM in horses 1 Sarcoptes scabei 2 Otobius megnini 3 Rhipicephalus annulatus 4 Notoedres cati 5 Damalinia ovis/Damalinia equi 6 Argas persicus 7 Ixodes scapularis 8 Amblyomma americanum 9 Dermacentor variabilis 10 Haemaphysalis longicornis rickettsia (rocky mountain spotted fever) erlichia; tularemia; cytauxzoon felis lyme, rickettsia, anaplasma, and erlichia avian spirochetosis borrelia burgdorferi (lyme); anaplasmosis erlichia; babesia; Texas cattle fever head mange in cats; scabies otitis externa; secondary bacterial infections fleece/coat damage scabies; pruritus; pinpoint eruptions; hyperplasia; hyperpigmentation 1 Chorioptes bovis 2 Cheyletiella spp. 3 blow flies, flesh flies, and screwworms 4 Triatome spp. 5 Otodectes cynotis 6 Melophagus ovinus 7 Demodex canis 8 Simulium/Culicoides spp. 9 Haematobia irritans 10 Tabanus/Chrysops spp. 11 Psoroptes ovis pastern dermatitis in horses; udder sores in cattle pruritus, wool damage, and reduced fleece quality myiasis causes the breakage of skin; secondary skin infections (staphlococcal bacteria); localized demodecosis, erythema, alopecia mange lesion on sheep; emaciation; body condition loss irritation, blood loss, and major production losses in infested herds “sweet itch” in horses; Onchocerca; bluetongue virus equine infectious anemia and anaplasmosis Chagas disease; acute myocarditis, arrhythmias, heart enlargement, death excessive dandruff, pruritis dark brown-black crumble exudate in the ear canal