| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Over 40 Species | How many species of small strongyles are there? |
| 3 | How many major species of strongyles are there? |
| Strongylus vulgaris | Which equine strongyle is the most pathogenic? |
| Vulgaris | Because there is no way of telling the strongyles apart, what are they always treated for? |
| up to 6 months | What is the prepatent period for strongyles vulgaris? |
| Blood Worms | What are Strongyles vulgaris also known as? |
| the cecum | What area of the horse does Strongyles vulgaris live in? |
| Blood vessels, especially cranial messentric artery | What is the target for Strongyles vulgaris? |
| 4 months | After the prepatent period has ended, has ended how long can Strongyles vulgaris migrate through the body before it is shed at all? |
| Morula Stage | What stage are strongyles vulgaris eggs shed? |
| Fecal Flotation | How are strongyles diagnosed in horses? |
| Parascaris equorum | What is the equine roundworm? |
| Small Intestine | Where in the horse are Parascaris equorum found? |
| Can live in the environment for years, foals infected shortly after birth,. outer shell sticky | What is the significance of parascaris eggs? (3) |
| 2-12 months | What age horses are parascaris usually found in? |
| pot-bellied foals, intermittent diarrhea | What are two of the main signs of parascaris in horses? |
| Fecal flotation, adults in feces | What are two ways of diagnosing Parascaris in horses? |
| Strongloides westeri | What is the 'intestinal threadworm' of horses? |
| Foal Heat Diarrhea | What does Strongloides westeri cause to happen in foals? |
| acute diarrhea in foals 1-3 weeks old, coughing due to lung migration | What are the clinical signs of Strongloides westeri (2)? |
| Oxyuris equi | What is the equine pinworm? |
| Large intestine | What part of the horse is infected by oxyruis equi? |
| Stick to anus and cause puritis | How are equine pinworms spread? |
| Scotch tape prep | What is the most accurate way of diagnosing pinworms (oxyuris equi)? |
| Puritis ani | What is the #1 clinical sign of pinworms? |
| Anaplocephala perfoliata | What are the large animal tapeworms? |
| Intussusecption | What is it called when the bowels telescope into themselves? |
| Eimeria leuckarti | What is the only intestinal coccidia of horses? |
| Young horses | What age horses are coccidia usually found in? |
| Fecal flotation | How are equine coccidia diagnosed? |
| bot fly | What is gasterophilus? |
| 3 | How many species of the bot fly are there? |
| Larvae | What stage of the bot fly does the most damage? |
| Stomach and feed on stomach contents | Where do the bot fly larvae live in the animal, and what do they do? |
| yellow eggs on hair of legs and face, larvae within stomach | What are the two ways of diagnosing bot flies? |
| typhlitis | What is inflammation of the cecum? |
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