The Biology of the Laboratory Rabbit
Manning, P.J. , D. H. Ringler, and C.E. Newcomer, eds. 1994
2nd ed. 1994, Academic Press, San Diego, CA.
Chapter 11: Arthropod and Helminth Parasites
1. Which two classes of Arthropods include species that affect rabbits?
a. Arachnida, Crustacea
b. Insecta, Curstacea
c. Myriapoda, Insecta
d. Arachnida, Insecta
2. Tongue worms are also called…..?
- “ degenerate mites”
b. Pentastomids
c. both a and b
d. none of the above
3. What is the life cycle of mites and ticks?
a. nit,larva, adult
b. nit,nymph, adult
c. egg, nymph , adult
d. egg, larva, nymph, adult
4.What is the etiologic agent of otoacariasis or ear canker in rabbits?
a. Notoedrescati
b. Sarcoptes scabei
c. Psoroptes cuniculi
d. Cheyliteilla parasitovorax
5. T/F Psoroptes cuniculi is more common in commercial breeding establishments and rare in wild lagomorphs?
6. Psoroptes cuniculi have mouthparts adapted for both solid and liquid feeding? T/F
7. Adult mites are too small to be seen with the naked eye when examining a rabbit. T/F
8. What is the shape of Psoroptes cuniculi?
a. round with short legs
b. oval with well developed legs that project beyond the body
c. round with well developed legs that project beyond the body
d. oval with short legs
9. What is treatment of choice for Psoroptes cuniculi?
a. Mitaban
b. mineral oil
c. self-limiting no treatment required
d. injectable ivermectin, 1 -2 SQ doses
10. Mange in rabbits associated with anemia and intense pruritis would most likely be caused by what mite ? (Short answer)
11. “ Walking dandruff” is a common description of which mite infection in rabbits?
( Short answer)
12. Name a mite of rabbits that are difficult to detect and cause no overt disease?
( Short answer)
13. Chiggers are more host specific than habitat specific. T/F
14. Trombiculid infection would be extremely rare in rabbits in a laboratory setting. T/F
15. Linguatula serrata adults can be found in the respiratory tract of dogs, foxes and wolves? T/F
16. Ticks are unusual to find on a rabbit, but when found they are almost always found around the tail ? T/F
17. Mallophaga do not occur on lagomorphs? T/F
18. Which flea is most important for transmission of myxomatosis in rabbits in England?
a. Odontopsyllus multispinosus
b. Spilopysyullus cuniculi
c. Cediopsylla simplex
d. Echidnophaga gallinacean
19. Name the louse that is the vector for tularemia?
20. What is the common name for a furunculoid cyst caused by Cuterebra species ?
21. Obeliscoides cuniculi causes severe clinical signs in affected rabbits? T/F
22. True/ False; It is possible to see microfilaria on a blood sample from a domestic rabbit housed outside?
23. Rabbits can be an aberrant host for the dog heartworm? True/False ?
24. Brugia lepori may be an important research model, why?( short answer)
25. Where in the body are Dirofilaria immitis found in rabbits? ( short answer)
26.True/False Whipworms are found in wild lagomorphs throughout much of the United States and Europe?
27. Trichostrongylus retortaeformis is a nematode that is sufficiently pathogenic to
reduce populations of rabbits? True/False
- Name the common pinworm in the rabbit?
29. The primary importance of Obelescoides in rabbits is that it is a model for trichostronglyle infections in horses?
30.Rabbits are the definitive host for adult ascarids? True/False
31. Name the ascarid that has a raccoon as a definitive host and a rabbit as an aberrant host?
32. Name a trematode parasite that can be found in the gallbladder and bile ducts of rabbits?
33. Taenia serialis can infect rabbits as an intermediate host, what is the
Rabbit Blue Book Chapter 11 Answers:
1. D ,page 232 31.
2. C, page 232 32.
3 D, page 232 33.
4. C, page 232 34.
5. True, page 232,3 35.
6. True, page 233 36.
7. False, page 233 37.
8. B, page 233,
good photo on 234 38.
9. D, page 233 39.
10. Sarcoptes scabei, page 234 40
11. Cheyletiella, page 235 41.
12. Listrophorus gibbus, page 236 42.
13. False, page 236 43.
14 True, page 237 44
15. True, page 237 .
16. False, page 238
17. True, page 239 .
18. B, page 240 .
19. Haemodipsus ventricocus
20. Warble
21. False, page 242
22. True page 245
23. True, page 242
24. Brugia lepori is only one of two Brugia species known to exist in the Western
Hemisphere, Brugia beaveri is the other. Page 245
25 Pulmonary arteries, page 245
26 True, Trichuris leporis, Trichuris sylvilagi Page 244
27. True, Page 244
28. Passalurus ambiguous page 246
29. False, it is an model for trichostrongyle infection in ruminants, page 242
30. False, page 247
31. Baylisascaris procyonis, see classic X-section picture on page 248
32. Fasciola hepatica