Flashcards: Parasites of mammals

Trichinosis, trichinellosis or trichiniasis is a parasitic disease caused by roundworms of the genus Trichinella.

Sarcocystis is a genus of protozoa.

Babesia bovis is a single-celled protozoan parasite of cattle which occasionally infects humans.

Trichinella spiralis is an ovoviviparous nematode parasite, occurring in rodents, pigs, horses, bears, and humans, and is responsible for the disease trichinosis.

Trypanosoma suis is a protozoan trypanosome in the genus Trypanosoma that causes one form of the surra disease in animals.

Sarcocystis nesbitti is a species of protozoon.

Trypanosoma vivax is a parasite species in the genus Trypanosoma.

Cordylobia anthropophaga, the mango fly, tumbu fly, tumba fly, putzi fly, or skin maggot fly, is a species of blow-fly common in East and Central Africa.

Rhinosporidium seeberi is a eukaryotic pathogen responsible for rhinosporidiosis, a disease which affects humans, horses, dogs, and to a lesser extent cattle, cats, foxes, and birds.

Babesia divergens is an intraerythrocytic protozoan parasite, transmitted by the tick Ixodes ricinus.

Taenia asiatica, commonly known as Asian taenia or Asian tapeworm, is a parasitic tapeworm of humans and pigs.

Melophagus is a genus of biting flies in the family of louse flies, Hippoboscidae.

Rhipicephalus microplus (formerly Boophilus microplus) is an economically important tick that parasitises a variety of livestock species; it is known as the cattle tick or southern cattle tick.

The hedgehog flea (Archaeopsylla erinacei) is a flea species which, as indicated by its common name, is an external parasite specifically adapted to living with the European hedgehog and the North African hedgehog, but it has also been found on other animals.

Lipoptena depressa, or the Western American deer ked, is a fly from the family Hippoboscidae and 1 of 3 flies within the genus Lipotena.

Lipoptena mazamae, the Neotropical deer ked, is a fly from the family Hippoboscidae.

Hepatocystis vassali is a species of Hepatocystis which is a parasite of mammals.

Taenia hydatigena (thin-necked bladderworm, causative agent of cysticercosis) is one of the larval forms of the canine and feline tapeworm.

Dermacentor, also known as the American Levi tick, is a genus of ticks in the family Ixodidae, the hard ticks.

Ornithonyssus bursa is a species of mite.

Ornithodoros savignyi (Audouin, 1827) aka Sand tampan or African eyed tampan or Kalahari sand tampan, is one of some 37 species in the genus Ornithodoros and is a soft tick with a leathery, mammillated integument, causing paralysis and tampan toxicosis, two unrelated conditions.

Oropsylla is a genus of fleas, most of which are ectoparasites of rodents and other mammals.

Setaria cervi is a species of parasitic roundworm belonging to the genus Setaria.

Spilopsyllus cuniculi, the rabbit flea, is a species of flea in the family Pulicidae.

Hypoderma tarandi, also known as reindeer warble fly and caribou bot fly, is a species of warble fly that is parasitic on reindeer.

Trypanosoma evansi is a protozoan trypanosome in the genus Trypanosoma that causes one form of surra in animals.

Trypanosoma cruzi is a species of parasitic euglenoid protozoan.

Oestrus ovis, the sheep bot fly, is a widespread species of fly of the genus Oestrus.

Anthemosoma is a genus of parasitic protozoa of the phylum Apicomplexia.

Anisakis is a genus of parasitic nematodes, which have life cycles involving fish and marine mammals.

Orthohalarachne attenuata (family: Halarachnidae) is a species of mite normally found in the nasal passages of fur seals, sea lions, and walruses.

Pthirus is a genus of lice.

The Toxocaridae are a zoonotic family of parasitic nematodes that infect canids and felids and which cause toxocariasis in humans (visceral larva migrans and ocular larva migrans).

Entamoeba polecki is a single-celled parasite that is found in intestines, mainly in pigs and monkeys.

Trypanosoma pestanai is a species of kinetoplastid trypanosomatid.

The human botfly, Dermatobia hominis, (Greek δέρμα, skin + βίος, life, and Latin hominis, of a human) is one of several species of fly, the larvae of which parasitise humans (in addition to a wide range of other animals, including other primates).

Strongyloides dasypodis is a parasitic roundworm infecting the large intestine of the armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus.

Strongyloides lutrae is a parasitic roundworm infecting the small intestine of the otter, Lutra canadensis.

Strongyloides procyonis is a parasitic roundworm infecting the small intestine of the raccoon, Procyon lotor, hence its name.

Taenia crassiceps is a parasitic organism, and is a member of the Taenia genus.

Mammomonogamus auris is a free-living nematode has been reported to infect cats.

Neolipoptena ferrisi, or the Pacific deer ked, is a fly from the family Hippoboscidae.

Ostertagia ostertagi, commonly known as the medium or brown stomach worm, is an important parasitic nematode (round worm) of cattle.

Taenia pisiformis, commonly called the rabbit tapeworm, is an endoparasitic tapeworm which causes infection in lagomorphs, rodents, and carnivores.

Trypanosoma congolense is a species of trypanosomes and is the major pathogen responsible for the disease nagana in cattle and other animals including sheep, pigs, goats, horses and camels, dogs, as well as laboratory mice.

Capillaria is a genus of nematodes in the family Capillariidae (or, according to classifications, in the family Trichinellidae).

Trypanosoma brucei is a species of parasitic protozoan belonging to the genus Trypanosoma.

Ixodes texanus is a species of tick in the genus Ixodes.

The Congo floor maggot (Auchmeromyia senegalensis) is a species of blow-fly that is native to sub Saharan Africa and the Cape Verde Islands.

Dirofilaria tenuis is a species of nematode, a parasitic roundworm that infects the subcutaneous tissue of vertebrates.

Cordylobia is a genus of fly from the family Calliphoridae.

Strongyloides (from Greek strongylos, round, + eidos, resemblance), anguillula, or threadworm is a genus of small nematode parasites, belonging to the family Strongyloididae, commonly found in the small intestine of mammals (particularly ruminants), that are characterized by an unusual lifecycle that involves one or several generations of free-living adult worms.

Echinozoon is a genus of parasitic protozoa of the phylum Apicomplexia.

Ehrlichia canis is an obligate, intracellular bacterium that acts as the causative agent of Ehrlichiosis, a disease most commonly affecting canine species.

Ixodes trianguliceps is a species of tick from the family Ixodidae that feeds on such mammals as shrew, rats, mice, hedgehogs, foxes, squirrels, moles, rabbits and hares.

Sarcoptes equi occurs in horses and riders; they can suffer an itchy skin disorder, a form of scabies, from these mites.

Schistosoma indicum is a species of digenetic trematode in the family Schistosomatidae.