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Dysentery - Severe diarrhea with blood and muscus in the stool. Indicative of inflammation of the intestines. [Entamoeba histolytica] Steatorrhea - The presence of greater than normal amounts of fat in feces which are frothy, foul smelling and floating. Tenesmus - Intense, constant and painful urge to defecate although the bowels are already empty. Little to no stool will actually be passed. Trophoziote - Active, motile feeding stage of the life cycle of coccidial parasites....

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Parasitology Quiz (Trematodes) Exam Questions & Answers Flukes - ANSWER ️️ soft bodied, flat dorsoventrally, hemaphroditic Fluke Diagnosis - ANSWER ️️ Direct smear required, ova are too heavy to float. Fluke Ova - ANSWER ️️ Eggs are more difficult to see because one egg makes many adults. Thin shelled with an operculum Fluke Morphology of Adult - ANSWER ️️ Tegument (external cover) Oral and Ventral sucker (for host attachment) Fluke life cycle - ANSWER ️️ Oviparous. ...

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Obligate Parasites - Must spend at least some of their life cycle on or in a host Facultative Parasites - Normally are free-living, but CAN obtain nutrients from a host Permanent parasites - Remain in or on their host once they've invaded it (ie tapeworm) Temporary parasites - Feed on, then leave their hosts (ie biting insects) Accidental parasites - Invade an organism other than their normal host (ie ticks) Hyeprparasitism - a parasite that has parasites Vec...

Definitive host - Host in which the parasite reaches sexual maturity - sexual reproduction takes place in the host Intermediate host - Host in which asexual reproduction or larval development takes place - allows continuation of life cycle Vector - transmitting agent What are the key factors that would lead you to suspect that a parasite (rather than a virus or bacterium) was responsible for some gastrointestinal illness - 1. Potential for infection (travel history) 2. La...

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