parasites

Ancylostoma-hookworm Eggs=basket of eggs One end is thin and the other dull.

Anoplura-sucking lice “longhorn” lice=suck Thorax small Crab claws

Argasidae-soft tick Squishy Sponge-like Females=long legs

Ctenocephalides canis-fleas Hairy Curved body More texture Longer legs: 5 segments

Ctenocephalides felis-fleas Smooth Shorter legs: 4 segments Flat body

Demodex-mite Battleship=“demolish”=demodex

Dipylidium caninum-tape worm dog/cat Segmented grooves Rice Basket of tape

Dirofilaria immitis-heartworm Spaghetti

Fasciolahepatica-liver fluke of cattle and sheep Whale fluke Tongue Robin “speckled” egg

gasterophilus hemorrhoidalis-bot fly of horse

Giardia cyst Face

Giardia troph Mature face with legs Horseshoe crab

Heartworm Adult

Isospora-dog and cat protozoa

Ixodidae-hard tick

Mallophaga (chewing)-lice

Otodectes-ear mite

Sarcoptes-mite

Stephanurus dentatus-kidney worm in swine

Strongyloides westeri-inestinal threadworms in horses

Strongylus vulgaris-large strongyle of the horse

Taenia pisiformis-Tapeworm dog

Toxascara canis-roudnworm

Toxocara-adult roundworm