Veterinary Parasitology Questionbank -1

Contributed by:
Dr. Samarchith P Kurup
MVSc Scholar,
Division of Parasitology,
Indian Veterinary Research Institute,
Izatnagar, UP-243122

1. Enzymes involved in hatching of Ascarid egg: Chitinase and esterases
2. McLean counting system is devised for : Ascaris suum
3. An ascarid without somatic migration: Toxascaris leonina (A. galli belongs to Family heterakidae)
4. Herring worm: Anisakis
5. Cod fish worm: Phoconema
6. Hourglass shaped esophagus in : Oxyuris equi
7. Hourglass shaped buccal capsule found in : Oxyspirura mansoni
8. Funnel shaped pharynx: Haebronema megastoma
9. Cup shaped buccal capsule with cusp shaped teeth: Stephanurus dentatus
10. Parasite responsible for “ungroomed rat tail appearance” in horse: Oxyuris equi
11. Caecal worm of poultry: Heterakis gallinae
12. Nematodes with “H” shaped excretory system: Rhabditidae
13. Characteristic “ear” shaped (dorsal) tooth in : Strongylus vulgaris
14. “Morocco leather” appearance associated with: Ostertagia ostertagi
15. “Ring worm like lesions” associated with: Trichostrongylus spp
16. “Horse shoe” shaped ovary: Echinococcus granulosus
17. “Boot” shaped spicule: Dictyocaulus filariae
18. “Heart” shaped spicule: Nematodirus baltus
19. “Lancet” shaped spicule: Nematodirus fillicolis
20. “Spoon” shaped spicule: Nematodirus spathiger
21. “Y” shaped dorsal ray: Haemonchus contortus
22. Recurved spicules: Gaigeria pachyscelis
23. No spicule: Trichinella spiralis
24. Black scours worm: Trichostrongylus colubriformis
25. Barber’s pole worm/ wire worm/ large stomach worm/ twisted stomach worm: Haemonchus contortus
26. Eyeworm of poultry: Oxyspirura mansoni
27. Brown stomach worm: Ostertagia ostertagi
28. Red stomach worm of pig: Hyostrongylus rubidus
29. Fox hook worm: Uncinaria stenocephala
30. Pig hook worm: Globocephalus (G. urosubulatus, G. longimucornatus)
31. Elephant hook worm: Barthomostomus (B. sangeri), Grammocephalus clatheratus
32. Lungworm of dog: Filaroides osleri
33. Lungworm of cat: Aleurostrongylus spp
34. Lungworm of rat: Angiostrongylus cantonensis- causes “eosinophilic meningio encephalitis” in man
35. Eddy worm: Class Turbellaria
36. Larva with “S” shaped tail: Filaroides osleri
37. Nurse cells characteristic of Trichinella spiralis
38. “Stichosomes” are characteristic of: Trichurid esophagus
39. “Cordons” in: Ascaridae
40. “Bosses” in: Gongylonema
41. Cuticle extended posteriorly beyond the tail of worm: Physaloptera spp
42. Bursa strengthened with chitinous plate: Protostrongylus spp
43. L1 with characteristic cuticular knob: Dictyocaulus filariae
44. L1 with button hook tail: Dipetelonema dracunculoides
45. Anterior helmet seen in: Dracunculus medenensis
46. Definitive host of Dioctophyma renale: mink
47. The dish “Fessikhs” is associated with: Heterophyses heterophyses
48. The dish “Marrara” is associated with: Sparganosis
49. Phenomenon of “progenesis” is associated with: Family Plagyorchidae
50. “Furcocercus cercaria”: Schistosomes
51. “Microcercus cercaria”: Paragonimidae
52. “Xiphido cercaria”: Dicrocelium dendriticum
53. Radia with “procruscula”: Fasciola spp
54. Nematodes with flame cells: Class Acanthocephala (Macracanthorrhyncus hirudinaceus)
55. Halzoun syndrome associated with: Fasciolosis and spirometrosis
56. Cestode with “sickle” shaped hooks: Taenia spp
57. Cestode with “rosethorn” shaped hooks: Dipylidium caninum
58. Cestode with “Hammer” shaped hooks: Davinia spp
59. Cestode with “bunch of grape” ovary: Dipylidium caninum
60. Metacestode tetrathyridium is seen in: Family Mesocestoides
61. Metacestode strobilocercus seen in: Taenia taeniformis (as Cysticercus fasciolaris)
62. “Lapets” present in: Anoplocephala perfoliata
63. “Dumbbell” shaped uterus: Stilasia hepatica
64. Fringed tape worm: Thysanosoma actinoides
65. Gravid uterus is replaced by egg capsule in: Family Linstowiidae
66. Cooked rice grain appearance: monezia gravid segments
67. Cucumber shaped segments: gravid segments of Dipylidium caninum

Following diseases/conditions are associated with

1. Milk spots: Ascaris suum
2. Balling up in horse: Parascaris equorum
3. Mud colour faeces: Toxocara vitulorum
4. Rat tail appearance: Oxyuris equi
5. Black head: Heterakis gallinae (Egg carrier of Histomonas meleagridis)
6. Parasitic otitis: Rabditis bovis
7. Black scours: Trichostrongylus worms
8. Villous atrophy: Trochostrongylus and Nematodirus
9. Ringworm lesions: Trichostrogylus
10. Morocco leather: Ostertagia ostertagi
11. Pulpy kidney disease (with Cl. welchi): nematodirus
12. Swimmer’s itch: Schistosoma spp (non human)
13. Foot rot in sheep: Strongyloides papillosus
14. Pimply gut: Oesophagostomum spp
15. Colic in horse: Cythiostomum tetracanthum
16. Haemorrhagic warts (in tracheal bifurcation): Filaroides osleri
17. Fistulous whither: Onchocerca cervicalis
18. Eosinophilic meningeo encephalitis in man: Angiostrongylus cantonensis
19. Wahi /kaseri/ summer mange: Onchocerca spp
20. Bursati / granular dermatitis/ summer sore: Habronema (cutaneous habronemiasis)
21. Arteritis in horse: strongylidae family
22. Oesophageal tumour: Spirocerca lupi
23. Gastric tumour: Gnathostoma spinigerum and Habronema megastoma (Draschia megastoma)
24. Cholangiocarcinoma: Clonorchis sinensis (oriental liver fluke/Chinese liver fluke)
25. Urinary bladder carcinoma: Schistosoma haematobium
26. “Swine fever” and epizootic pneumonia: Metastongylus spp
27. Husk or hoose: Dictyocaulus viviparous
28. Enzootic cerebrospinal nematodiasis: Setaria digitata
29. Hump sore: Stephanofilaria assamensis
30. Ear sore: Stephanofilaria zaheeri
31. Fatal hemorrhagic enteritis in mink: Euryhelmis squamula
32. Rot dropsy: Fasciola spp
33. Snoring in cattle: Schostosoma nasalis
34. Nodular taeniasis in poultry: Reilettina echinobothrida
35. Hepatitis cysticercosa: Cysticercus tenuicollis
36. Gid/Staggers: Coenurus cerebralis (of Taenia multiceps)
37. False gid: Oestrus ovis (larva)
38. Macrocytic / pernicious anemia: Diphyllobothrium latum
39. LD bodies: Leishmaniosis
40. KB bodies: Theileriosis
41. Visceral Leishmaniosis: Leishmania donovani, L. chagasi, L. infantum
42. PKDL: L. donovani
43. Kala azar: L. donovani
44. American kala azar: L. chagasi
45. Rural zoonotic leishmaniasis: L. major
46. Chiclero ulcer/ bay sore: L. mexicana mexicana
47. Classical espundya: L. braziliensis braziliensis
48. Uta: L. peruviana
49. Nagana: Trypanosoma brucei, T. congolensi, T. vivax
50. Souma: T. vivax in cattle
51. African sleeping sickness: T. brucei gambiensi, T. brucei rhodasiensi
52. Surra: T. evansi
53. Tibarsa /Gufar: T. evansi in camel
54. Mal de Cadares: T. equinum
55. Dourine / equine syphilis: T. equiperdum
56. Dollar spots: T. equiperdum
57. Yellow buttons: Trichomonas gallinae (Avian trichomonosis)
58. Saucer shaped ulcer in tissue: Histomonas meleagridis
59. Suphur yellow faeces: Histomonas meleagridis
60. Travellers diarrhea: Giardia lamblia
61. Flask shaped ulcer: Entamoeba histolytica (in intestine)
62. Red dysentery: Eimeria zuernii in cattle
63. Rectal coccidiosis: Eimeria burnetti
64. Ladder lesions in duodenum: Eimeria acervulina
65. Signet ring: Plasmodium spp
66. Texas fever/Red water fever/Bovine pyroplasmosis: Babesia spp in cattle
67. Equine biliary fever: Babesia equi (now as Theilaria equi)
68. Tropical bovine theileriosis: Theileria annulata
69. Benign tropical thieileriosis: T. mutans
70. East coast fever/ January disease: T. parva
71. Buffalo disease/Corridor disease: T. lawrensi
72. Malignant theileriosis: T. hirci
73. Gall sickness: Anaplasma marginale