Internal Parasites

What is a symptom of liver flukes?

• anemia

• increased appetite

• hair loss

• weight gain

What the scientific name for pinworms?

• Eimeria bovis

• Trichuris trichhiura

• Oxyuris equis

• Ascaris sum

Which parasite’s treatment can include surgical correction?

• Coccidia

• Strongyles

• Roundworms

• Pinworms

__________ are organisms which live in a host and thrive at the expense of the host.

• external parasite

• protozoans

• helminths

• internal parasite

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True or False - A whipworm is zoonotic.

• True

• False

What is the scientific name for lungworms in cattle?

• Dictyocaulus vivparus

• Dictyocaulus filaria

• Dictyocaulus arnfieldi

• Metastrongylus aprilungsdflun

Which of the following is considered a protozoan parasite?

• Coccidia

• Strongyles

• Pinworms

• Barber Pole Worms

What is not an example of an internal parasite?

• liver fluke

• strongyles

• lung worm

• cattle grub

What is not a characteristic of a protozoans?

• microscopic

• multiple-celled

• single-celled

• can reduce growth rates

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What is not a symptom of a cestode?

• weight loss

• diarrhea

• unthrifty livestock

• weight gain