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| + | '''[[Cestodes Flascards]] |
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| − | ==<font color="purple">Cestodes</font>==
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| − | |<big>'''Fill in the missing words about cestodes'''
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| − | ||<big>A cestode (tapeworm) is a chain (<font color="white">'''''strobila'''''</font>) of progressively maturing reproductive units called <font color="white">'''''proglottids'''''</font> anchored at one end to the intestinal wall by a hold-fast organ called the <font color="white">'''''scolex'''''</font>.
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| − | ||[[Cyclophyllidea#Introduction|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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| − | |<big>'''What species of Taenia occur in dogs?'''
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| − | *'''''Taenia ovis'''''
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| − | *'''''Taenia hydatigena'''''
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| − | *'''''Taenia pisiformis'''''
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| − | *'''''Taenia multiceps'''''
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| − | *'''''Taenia serialis'''''
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| − | ||[[Taenia#Introduction|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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| − | |<big>'''Describe the features of a cysticercus'''
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| − | *'''''Fluid filled bladder, containing a single invaginated head (protoscolex) - seen as a white blob on the wall of the cyst'''''
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| − | ||[[Cyclophyllidea#Life-Cycle|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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| − | |<big>'''In which host(s) would you expect to find the cysticercus of ''T. hydatigena'' and where in the host might it be found?'''
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| − | *'''''Sheep (mostly)''''''
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| − | *'''''Cattle'''''
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| − | *'''''Pigs'''''
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| − | *'''''Found in the peritoneal cavity
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| − | ||[[Taenia#Structure and Function|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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| − | |<big>'''What is the difference between a coenurus and a cysticercus?'''
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| − | *'''''A coenurus is a fluid filled bladder with multiples (dozens) of inverted scolices attached to the wall'''''
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| − | *'''''Whereas the cysticercus has only a single inverted scolex.'''''
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| − | ||[[Cyclophyllidea#Life-Cycle|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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| − | |<big>'''How does the distribution of hydatid cysts differ in sheep, horses and humans?'''
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| − | *'''''Sheep = most are in the lungs with smaller numbers in the liver'''''
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| − | *'''''Horses = nearly all are in the liver'''''
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| − | *'''''Humans = most are in the liver, with some in the lungs and a few elsewhere'''''
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| − | ||[[Echinococcus#Life-Cycle|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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| − | |<big>'''What tapeworms occur in the cat?'''
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| − | *'''''Taenia taeniaeformis'''''
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| − | *'''''Dipylidium'''''
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| − | ||[[Taenia#Introduction|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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| − | |<big>'''Why is it so difficult to prevent many cats from becoming re-infected with ''T. taeniaeformis''?'''
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| − | *'''''The intermediate hosts are mice and other small mammals that are hunted'''''
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| − | ||[[Taenia#Taenia spp of the Cat|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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| − | |<big>'''Where in the host (horse) would you expect to find ''Anoplocephala''?'''
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| − | *'''''Ileo-caecal junction'''''
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| − | ||[[Anoplocephala#Life-Cycle|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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| − | |<big>'''Why are ''Anoplocephala'' eggs rarely seen on routine faecal examination?'''
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| − | *'''''They are dense structures and do not always float in the flotation media used in routine diagnosis'''''
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| − | ||[[Anoplocephala#Life-Cycle|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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| − | |<big>'''Why is it so difficult to prevent grazing horses from becoming re-infected with ''Anoplocephala''?'''
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| − | *'''''The intermediate hosts are ubiquitous free-living pasture mites'''''
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| − | ||[[Anoplocephala#Life-Cycle|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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| − | |<big>'''Describe the appearance of ''Moniezia'''''
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| − | *'''''Long tapeworm (up to 2m)'''''
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| − | *'''''Segments much wider than they are long'''''
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| − | ||[[Moniezia#Introduction|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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| − | |<big>'''Why is ''T. solium'' more dangerous to human health than ''T. saginata''?'''
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| − | *'''''If T. solium eggs get into the human small intestine, they will hatch and cysticerci can establish in the musculature and CNS. This does not happen with T. saginata.'''''
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| − | ||[[Taenia#T. solium, the Pork Tapeworm of Humans|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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| − | ==<font color="purple">Trematodes</font>==
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| − | |<big>'''What are the most diagnostic features of the ''Fasciola hepatica'' egg?'''
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| − | *'''''Oval and brown'''''
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| − | *'''''Granular contents'''''
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| − | *'''''Operculum ('trap-door') at one end'''''
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| − | *'''''Double the size of a typical strongyle egg'''''
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| − | ||[[Trematodes#Life-cycle stages|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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| − | |<big>'''Fill in the missing words about ''Lymnaea truncatula'''''
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| − | ||<big>''Lymnaea truncatula'' is the intermediate host for (<font color="white">'''''Fasciola hepatica'''''</font>). It is found in <font color="white">'''''muddy areas'''''</font>, and feeds on <font color="white">'''''slimy green algae'''''</font>. It has a <font color="white">'''''brown-black shell'''''</font> with 5-6 spirals.
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| − | ||[[Fasciola#Lymnaea truncatula|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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| − | |<big>'''What is the post mortem appearance of the liver in cases of acute fasciolosis?'''
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| − | *'''''Haemorrhagic tracts'''''
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| − | *'''''Enlarged, pale and friable'''''
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| − | ||[[Fasciola#Pathogenesis of acute fasciolosis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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| − | |<big>'''What time of year do the clinical signs of chronic fasciolosis become apparent?'''
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| − | *'''''January - March'''''
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| − | ||[[Fasciola#Chronic fasciolosis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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| − | |<big>'''Why is ''Dicrocoelium'' less pathogenic than ''Fasciola''?'''
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| − | *'''''Migrates directly up the common bile duct and therefore does NOT migrate through the parenchyma (unlike ''Fasciola'')'''''
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| − | ||[[Dicrocoelium#Dicrocoelium dendriticum|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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| − | |<big>'''What is the major cause of pathogenicity in schistosome infections?'''
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| − | *'''''The eggs have a spike to help them work their way into the intestine or urinary bladder'''''
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| − | *'''''This causes mechanical damage and inflammatory responses that are exacerbated by antigens released by the eggs'''''
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