Q 25: Those OTHER parasites (of rats)

Apologies for taking an extended holiday break, but my excuse is hopefully that everyone else was taking a break too 😆

This  month's questions are rats, yet again.  Many of us are now seeing lots of parasites we haven't seen before, courtesy of PCR testing, and if you're like me, you had to go look some of them up!

So here are some questions regarding those 'other' parasites...

Here's the list:  (if it looks like the index from the rat blue book, there's a reason for that!)

1. Trypanosoma lewisi

2. Hepatozoon muris

3. Toxoplasma gondii

4. Hammondia hammondi

5. Sarcocystis spp.

6. Frenkelia spp.

7. Trichinella spiralis

8. Calodium hepaticum

9. Trichosomoides crassicauda

10. Gongylonema hepaticum

11. Taenia taeniaeformis

12. Giardia muris

13. Spironucleus muris

14. Hexamastix muris

15. Chilomastix bettencourti

16. Tritrichomonas muris

17. Pentatrichomonas hominis

18. Eimeria nieschulzi

19. Entamoeba muris

20. Balantidium coli.

And here are the questions:

A. List those that are likely to be seen in laboratory rats

B. List those that have clinical or pathological consequences

C. List those that are rat host-specific

D. List those that can infect humans

E. List those where reported response to infection may affect research.
F (bonus - what is the picture showing?)

Happy hunting the answers!

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