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PARA Easy

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

External parasites obtain their nourishment from their hosts on the skin surface, either from sucking blood and body fluids or feeding on skin debris, hair or body secretions.

a)

true

b)

false

2.

 A tick or a mite of the order Acarina.

a)

acarine

b)

Acarapis

c)

Acarid

d)

Acarina

3.

West Nile Virus is Commonly transmitted to horses, people, and other animals via:

a)
b)
c)
4.

 Two species living together, where one of the pair (the parasite) is living at the

expense of the other (the host).

a)

Commensalism

b)

Symbiosis

c)

Parasitoidism

d)

Parasitism

5.

Technical name for the adult insect

a)

Larva

b)

Instar

c)

Imago

6.

The following are usual signs of heat or estrus in a dairy cattle EXCEPT:

a)

Restlessness

b)

Swelling of vulva

c)

Mounting other animals not in heat/ allows itself to be mounted

d)

ALL ARE CORRECT ANSWERS

7.

 Probably the commonest laboratory diagnostic procedure for demonstrating the presence of endoparasites.

a)

coproscopy

b)

complete blood count

c)

immunological assays

d)

sedimentation

8.

It provokes a disease called amoebic dysentery in primates and can pass from humans to dogsand cats. It occurs more commonly in warmer climates.

a)

Trichomonas foetus

b)

Entamoeba histolytica

c)

Trypanosoma congolensi

9.

This is a vague term for an insect, tick, or other creature that carries (transmits) a disease-causing organism from one host to another. 

a)

Intermediate Host

b)

Reservoir Host

c)

Vector

10.

Which of the following Salmonella species is highly adapted to chickens and turkeys?

a)

Salmonella Arizonae 

b)

Salmonella Enteritidis

c)

Salmonella Pullorum  

d)

Salmonella Typhimurium