BIO 357 Parasitology: Pet Parasites

Cylicocyclus nassatus is a common and important parasite in the large intestine of equine.

Fasciola hepatica is a food-borne parasite of animals and humans. 

Heterakis gallinarum is a heavily prevalent poultry parasite that thrives in the ceca of various species of gallinaceous birds.

Onchocerca volvulus is the filarial parasite that causes onchocerciasis or river blindness.

Dirofilaria immitis is one of the main causative agents of heartworm disease in domestic canids.

Sarcocystis neurona is a protozoan parasite that induces neurological diseases in horses and other animal species.

Trichostrongylus colubriformis is a species of gastrointestinal nematode that infects the beginning of the small intestine of sheep.

Dipylidium caninum is a cestode that links with an arthropod in its life cycle and this parasitosis occurs in dogs and cats. 

Giardia duodenalis is a ubiquitous flagellated protozoan parasite known to cause giardiasis throughout the world. 

Baylisascaris procyonis, the roundworm of raccoons, is an emerging helminthic zoonosis in North America.

Ostertagia ostertagi is an abomasal parasite that impacts cattle.

The human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum is one of the world's most devastating pathogens.

Trypanosoma brucei is a protozoan parasite that causes human and animal African trypanosomiases.

Infection with the pork tapeworm-Taenia solium

The yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti, is a vector of arboviral pathogens that cause Zika, dengue fever, yellow fever, and chikungunya.