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Ruminant lungworms Flashcards

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What causes bovine lungworm?

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Dictyocaulus viviparus

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Where is Dictyocaulus viviparus found?

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found in the trachea and larger bronchi –> parasitic bronchitis (husk, hoose)

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Other than cattle, what species can Dictyocaulus viviparus affect?

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farmed deer

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Outline immunity to bovine lungworm?

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  • rapidly acquired

- minimal age resistance

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What are the different stages of D. viviparus infection? 4

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  1. Penetration phase (week 1)
  2. Prepatent phase (weeks 1-3)
  3. ) Patent phase (weeks 4-8)
  4. ) Post-patent phase (weeks 8-12)
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What happens in the penetration phase (bovine lungworm)?

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Week 1 - larvae migrate to lungs, no CS

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What happens in the pre-patent phase (bovine lungworm)?

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Weeks 1-3
Development + migration of larvae –> bronchiolitis –> eosinphilic exudate –> blocks passage of air –> alveolar collapse distal to blockage –> CS (tachypnoea, dyspnoea)

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What happens in the patent phase (bovine lungworm)?

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Weeks 4-8
Worms mature and become egg-producing –> bronchitis (adult worms) and parasitic pneumonia (reaspiration of eggs as larvae –> cellular infiltration by polymorphs, macrophages, FB giant cells)

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What happens in the post-patent phase (bovine lungworm)?

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Weeks 8-12
Period at end of disease when most worms expelled, but CS flare up in 25% cases due to alveolar epithelialisation (alveolar cells replaced by cuboidal cells), interstitial emphysema, pulmonary oedema and secondary bacterial infection

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When can cows become reinfected with bovine lungworm?

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Immune cows only show CS if exposed to massive challenge. Larvae reach lungs but killed by IR. Pathology: parasite granuloma (5mm, grey-green) and eosinophilic plugs in bronchioles)

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How can a diagnosis of bovine lungworms be made in calves?

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  • seasonal (mid-late summer)
  • grazing hx
  • CS
  • Faecal exam (Baerman) –> larval ID
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Features of lungworm larva? 3

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  • short (300 micrometers)
  • blunt tail
  • intestinal GRANULES
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Features of GIT larvae

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  • Longer than lungworm larve (700-1000micrometers)
  • longer tails
  • intestinal CELLS
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Which larvae can be present in bovine faeces?

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Lungworm only. GIT worms shed eggs so only if faecal sample is left unrefrigerated does it have larvae which hatch out of eggs.

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how should you do a faecal exam for bovine lungworm?

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examine healthy and sick animals - all positive samples are potentially significant - carrier animals possible (30% yearlings and 5% cows, also vaccinated cows)

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Outline PME findings for bovine lungworm

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  • lesions on diaphragmatic lobes
  • Plum coloured areas of consolidation
  • Lung perfusion technique to retrieve worms
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How can you make a diagnosis of bovine lungworm in adult cattle? 7

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  • season
  • grazing hx
  • CS
  • Faecal exam - Baerman - as for calves
  • Blood and milk ELISA (variable results depending on Ag used, herd results better than individual results)
  • grass examination (larvae around dungpats)
  • response to anthelmintics
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Outline bovine lungowmr vaccination

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Bovilis HUSKVAC

  • 1st season calves > 2months old, reared indoors
  • Oral vaccine (irradiated L3)
  • 6 and 2 weeks pre-turnout
  • never mix vaccinated and unvaccinated animals (may increase pasture L3 levels to the point that vaccinated animals’ immunity is overcome)
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What is an anamestic response?

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it is a second response to a vaccine (e.g. Bovilis HUSKVAC) where there is an exaggerated Ab response (especially compared to the 1st vaccine where there is a reasonable Ab response)

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Outline the result of Huskvac vaccination - 3

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  • lifelong protection following 2 doses (immunity reinforced by field challenge)
  • prevents disease not infection
  • breakdown (overwhelming challenge, improper storage, admin or concurrent disease)
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Outline anthelmintic control of bovine lungworm

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  • long residual activity anthelmintics - e.g. doramectin at 0 and 8 weeks post-turnout (5 weeks residual activity against lungworm) but clinical disease may occur if long grazing season.
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Name 3 ovine lungworm species

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  • Dictyocaulus filaria*

- Muellerius and Protostrongylus

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Outline Dictyocaulus filaria LC

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  • Direct (like D.viviparus)

- PPP 5 weeks (longer than D.viviparus)

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Outlien Muellerius and Protostrongylus LC

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  • Indirect (mollusc IH)
  • Adult worms live in alveoli/parenchyma (Muellerius) or small bronchioles (Protostrongylus)
  • PPP 6-10 weeks (Muellerius) or 5-6 weeks (Protostrongylus)
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Outline pathogenesis of the ovine lungworm species
- DICTYOCAULUS FILARIA - similar to D. viviparus, lesions less widespread as fewer worms - MUELLERIUS - nodular lesions contain adult worms, eggs and larvae in lung parenchyma - PROTOSTRONGYLUS - adult wroms block small bronchioles --> debris accumulates distal to blockage
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Diagnosis - ovine lungworms - 4
- Season - grazing hx - faecal exam (Baerman) - healthy and sick lambs/kids, ID larvae to genus level to differentiate whether Dictyocaulus or not as this is the most pathogenic of the 3 ovine lungworms and to aid prognosis. - PME
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What is the main difference between the larvae of Dictyocaulus filaria and Muellerius spp?
- DICTYOCAULUS - protoplasmic knob on head | - MUELLERIUS - blunt tail with spine
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What is the PME like for D. filaria?
Similar to D.viviparus in cows - lesions mainly in the diaphragmatic lobes and there are plum-coloured areas of consolidation
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What is the PME like for Muellerius?
Palpable nodles ('lead shot') on/just below the lung surface (adults worms, eggs and larvae)
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What is the PME like for Protostrongylus?
Adult worms --> block small bronchioles --> debris accumulates distal to the blockage and forms a conical/triangular area of consolidation in the lung
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Outline control strategies for D.filaria
- difficult, outbreaks unpredictable - PGE control measures normally prevent disease - OUTBREAK - treat affected, house/move to clean grazing - Vaccine - no longer available in UK
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Outline control strategies for Muellerius and Protostrongylus
- Unlikely to be necessary as NON-PATHOGENIC | - Difficult since wide range of IHs, prolonged survival of larvae in faeces.
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