ANS 400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Blastomycosis, Coccidiosis, Histoplasmosis
15 Apr 2020
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Direct cat transmission is most common: clawing, biting, etc. More susceptible for animals under trees (stool from birds/squirrels/etc landing into the food and water) Histo/blasto signs: diarrhea, weight loss, lesions. Cocci signs: mild respiratory infection, lameness, easily broken bones. Commonly seen in cats: only species to shed the protozoan in feces. Transmission: eating infected organisms (birds, rodents, etc) Internal parasite: most common worm in cats, pathway, eggs in soil, enter oral cavity, hatch in intestines, crawl up windpipe, swallowed, passed in stool, appearance, white, thin, looks like spaghetti, usually alive. Hookworms: hook onto intestine and steals nutrients from the animal, can kill puppies, appearance, small and thin. Internal parasite: this is possible in cats and dogs, mosquito-borne disease. Brown dog tick is the most common. Most common us tick-borne disease in the us (not nc- because it is rocky mountain. Tick needs to be on the host for 36-48 hours to be able to spread lyme disease.
