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Parasite Groups

VMD

Veterinary Microbial Diseases

TIK

Tick Identification Key

Protozoa

• Entamoeba
• Babesia
• Cryptosporidium
• Giardia
• Ehrlichia
• Eimeria
• Leishmania
• Nosema
• Plasmodium
  • falciparum
  • vivax
  • ovale
  • malariae
  • knowlesi
  • berghei
• Sarcocystis
• Toxoplasma
• Trichomonas
• Trypanosoma
  

Nematodes

• Ancylostoma
• Ascaris
• Brugia
• Dirofilaria
• Enterobius
• Heterakis
• Loa loa
• Necator
• Strongyloides
• Toxocara
• Trichinella
• Trichuris
• Wuchereria

Cestodes

• Echinococcus
• Hymenolepis
• Taenia
• Moniezia

Trematodes

• Fasciola
• Schistosoma
• Dicrocoelium

Insects

• Mosquitoes
  • Culex spp.
  • Anopheles spp.
• Sandflies
  • Plebotomus
• Blackflies
• Midges
  • Culicoides
• Horseflies
  • Chrysops
  • Haematopota
  • Tabanus
• Keds
  • Hippobosca equinum (forest fly)
  • Lipoptena cervi (deer ked)
  • Melophagus ovinus (sheep ked)
• Fleas
  • Dog
  • Hamster
  • Fowl
  • Hedgehog
  • other
• Lice
  • human
  • pig
  • pheasant
  • roedeer
• Bugs
  • Cimex
  • Triatome
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Mites and Ticks

• Chicken mite
• Demodex mite
• Harvest mite
• Sarcoptes mite
  • + Trixacarus caviae
• Varoa mite (bee)
• Bumble bee mite
• House fly mite (phoretic)
• Equine limb mite
• Hard tick
• Soft tick

Artefacts and Pseudo parasites

• mixed faecal artefacts

Mites (isolated from dog diagnosed with Seasonal Canine Illness (SCI)