Category: Parasitic

Parasitic Infections Parasitic Infections Parasitic Infections Parasitic Infections
Posted in Parasitic Special Topics

We’ve hit 1500 followers on Facebook! ๐ŸŽ‰ This week’s posts will be all about how different kinds of pathogens (disease-causing agents) actually cause disease. Today’s post is on parasitic infections!

Ear Canker Ear Canker Ear Canker Ear Canker
Posted in Lagomorphs Parasitic Special Senses

๐„๐š๐ซ ๐œ๐š๐ง๐ค๐ž๐ซ is a thickening and irritation of the external ear caused by an ear mite, ๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐œ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ข. This irritation produces a crust lining the ear that is extremely painful!

Barber Pole Worms Barber Pole Worms Barber Pole Worms Barber Pole Worms
Posted in Caprids Gastrointestinal Ovine Parasitic

๐๐š๐ซ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ are more scientifically known as ๐‡๐š๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฌ. They are referred to as โ€œbarber poleโ€ because the female worms are predominantly red, with some of the internal organs showing as bright white striping on the surface. Cool!

Toxoplasmosis Toxoplasmosis Toxoplasmosis Toxoplasmosis
Posted in Felids Gastrointestinal Nervous Parasitic

๐“๐จ๐ฑ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฆ๐š is a protozoan parasite that we most commonly associate with infectious abortion, however it can also cause ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐œ (whole body) disease with serious consequences!

Mites and Mange Mites and Mange Mites and Mange Mites and Mange
Posted in Distinguished Diseases Integument Parasitic

Mites are eight legged ectoparasites that infect the skin of many different species. The main mite species are Demodex and Sarcoptes, but Notoedres, Otodectes, Psoroptes, Chorioptes and Cheyletiella are also significant. Because they’re all so similar, sometimes it can be hard to keep them straight!

Filarial Dermatitis Filarial Dermatitis Filarial Dermatitis Filarial Dermatitis
Posted in Bovids Integument Parasitic

๐…๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ is ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ (inflammation of the skin) caused by ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š, which are small worm-like parasites. ๐’๐ญ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก๐š๐ง๐จ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐š are the most common parasites we see causing this condition!

Crypto vs. Crypto Crypto vs. Crypto Crypto vs. Crypto Crypto vs. Crypto
Posted in Distinguished Diseases Fungal Parasitic

Vet med loves to give two very different things the same nickname, for some reason. In this case, both of these pathogens, Cryptococcus and Cryptosporidium, share the same short name of Crypto. So what is the difference between them?

Cytauxzoonosis Cytauxzoonosis Cytauxzoonosis Cytauxzoonosis
Posted in Felids Hematopoietic Parasitic

๐‚๐ฒ๐ญ๐š๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐จ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ is a parasitic disease caused by the protozoa ๐‚๐ฒ๐ญ๐š๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐จ๐จ๐ง. The protozoan can be found in wild felids throughout North America!

Fish Tapeworms Fish Tapeworms Fish Tapeworms Fish Tapeworms
Posted in Gastrointestinal Multispecies Parasitic

๐…๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ญ๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ are more scientifically known as ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฉ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ. These particular tapeworms are pretty wild because they can be up to ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ! Yes, you read that right!

Rodent Bots Rodent Bots Rodent Bots Rodent Bots
Posted in Integument Multispecies Parasitic

๐‘๐จ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐›๐จ๐ญ๐ฌ are also known as ๐‚๐ฎ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐›๐ซ๐š, but they are anything but cute! These larval stages of the Cuterebra fly cause ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ข๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ (fly infestation) in several species.