GI parasites of the horse

Question 1 of 10

1

Big but live in small intestine
only in foals
PPP = 10w
Egg resistant in the environment

Select one of the following:

Large strongyles
Parascaris equorum
Anoplocephala perfoliata
Gasterphilus

Explanation

Question 2 of 10

1

What is true about Parascaris equorum?

Select one or more of the following:

migrate to liver and lungs and then coughed up.
causes ill thrift in adults
to control use different nursing paddocks in consequent years.
caecum and large colon
PPP 6-7 months

Explanation

Question 3 of 10

1

Fill the blank spaces to complete the text.

are bot flies which lay eggs on the of horses and hatch on contact with horses' .
They exist in the and rectal mucosa in the GIT. Can cause prolapse

Explanation

Question 4 of 10

1

L3 infective
Eggs in the feaces
can cause non-strangulating infarction colic
control with macrolcyclic lactones
found in ventral colon and caecum after migration from the artery

Select one of the following:

large strongyles
small strongyles
Anoplocephala perfoliata
Strongyloideus westeri

Explanation

Question 5 of 10

1

Fill the blank spaces to complete the text.

Name the one type of cestode notable in the horse and its intermediate host
A:
Host:

Explanation

Question 6 of 10

1

Which parasites can be associated with colic?

Select one or more of the following:

Strongyloides westeri
Parascaris equorum
Cyathostomins
Large strongyles
Anoplocephala perfoliata

Explanation

Question 7 of 10

1

What parasite affects all horses in the population and can be diagnosed with a tape strip?

Select one of the following:

parascaris equorum
cyathostomins
oxyuris equi
dictylocaulus arnfieldi

Explanation

Question 8 of 10

1

Click on each orange point and write the correct answer.

Write the parasites that are found at each of the locations in the equine GIT

Explanation

Question 9 of 10

1

80% of parasites are carried by which percentage of horses?

Select one of the following:

10%
5%
50%
20%
25%

Explanation

Question 10 of 10

1

Which very itchy parasite is found usually in the colon but on the anus of pregnant females?

Select one of the following:

oxyuris equi
Strongyloides westeri
small strongyle
gasterphilus

	Created by Ella Gordon almost 2 years ago

Veterinary Medicine Quiz on GI parasites of the horse , created by Ella Gordon on 15/11/2022.

GI parasites of the horse

GI parasites of the horse

Question 1 of 10

Big but live in small intestine only in foals PPP = 10w Egg resistant in the environment

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 2 of 10

What is true about Parascaris equorum?

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 3 of 10

Fill the blank spaces to complete the text.

are bot flies which lay eggs on the of horses and hatch on contact with horses' . They exist in the and rectal mucosa in the GIT. Can cause prolapse

Explanation

Question 4 of 10

L3 infective Eggs in the feaces can cause non-strangulating infarction colic control with macrolcyclic lactones found in ventral colon and caecum after migration from the artery

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 5 of 10

Fill the blank spaces to complete the text.

Name the one type of cestode notable in the horse and its intermediate host A: Host:

Explanation

Question 6 of 10

Which parasites can be associated with colic?

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 7 of 10

What parasite affects all horses in the population and can be diagnosed with a tape strip?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 8 of 10

Click on each orange point and write the correct answer.

Write the parasites that are found at each of the locations in the equine GIT

Explanation

Question 9 of 10

80% of parasites are carried by which percentage of horses?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 10 of 10

Which very itchy parasite is found usually in the colon but on the anus of pregnant females?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Big but live in small intestine
only in foals
PPP = 10w
Egg resistant in the environment

are bot flies which lay eggs on the of horses and hatch on contact with horses' .
They exist in the and rectal mucosa in the GIT. Can cause prolapse

L3 infective
Eggs in the feaces
can cause non-strangulating infarction colic
control with macrolcyclic lactones
found in ventral colon and caecum after migration from the artery

Name the one type of cestode notable in the horse and its intermediate host
A:
Host: