2.The UK’s leading vet charity …
Our charity is 100 years old and we’ve been treating sick and injured pets
since 1917
We help a sick or injured pet every 5 seconds!
We have Pet Hospitals all over the UK
It costs more than £1 million every week to do our work
3.All pets need …
The Five Welfare Needs
The right
ENVIRONMENT
To show natural
BEHAVIOUR
COMPANIONSHIP
A healthy
DIET
Good
HEALTH
4.What is a parasite?
An organism that lives in or on an organism of another species (its host) and benefits by deriving nutrients at the other's expense.
5.Types of parasite
Ectoparasites
These are parasites that lives on the outside of their host
Examples:
Fleas
Lice
Ticks
Mites
6.Types of parasite
Endoparasites
Large multicellular organisms, which can generally be seen with the
naked eye when they are mature. They are often referred to as
intestinal worms even though not all of them live in the digestive tract
Examples:
Roundworms
Tapeworms
Hookworms
Whipworms
7.Types of parasite
Protozoa
Simple organisms, which are neither plants
nor animals. Most protozoa are so tiny that they can be seen
only with a microscope. Protozoa are found all over
the world, on land and in water.
Examples:
Parasitic protozoa are found in organisms such as ticks, flies and mosquitoes. Free-living protozoa are found in water that is contaminated with faecal matter and other wastes. The diseases they cause can be mild all the way to deadly.
8.Ectoparasites
Ectoparasites
9.What problems are caused by Ectoparasites?
Scratching
Skin disease and infection
Anaemia
Allergic reactions
Alopecia
Spread of disease and parasites
Death
10.Diagnosis & Treatment - fleas
11.Diagnosis & Treatment - Lice
12.Diagnosis & Treatment - Ticks
13.Diagnosis & Treatment - Mites
14.Endoparasites
15.Roundworm
16.Tapeworm
17.Activity
18.Activity
Name of Parasite
Image number
Endoparasite or ectoparasite
Flea
Tick
Roundworm
Tapeworm
Demodex mite
Sarcoptes mite
6
5
4
3
2
1
Ectoparasite
Ectoparasite
Endoparasite
Endoparasite
Ectoparasite
Ectoparasite
19.Activity
20.Activity
2. What’s the most common ectoparasite that lives on cats and dogs?
Fleas Ticks Worms
3. The bite of which parasite can transmit heartworm?
Fleas Ticks Mosquitos
4. How are tapeworms sometimes transmitted?
Fleas Mites Faeces
5. It’s easy to tell when a dog has worms as there’s loads of symptoms.
True False
1. What’s the name for a parasite that lives inside your pet?
Ectoparasite Endoparasite
21.Activity
6. A zoonotic disease is...
A disease found in zoos
A disease that can be passed between animals and humans
A pet can get tapeworm through…
A tick bite A mosquito bite Ingesting a flea
A tick bite can sometimes cause paralysis.
True False
A walking dandruff mite is...
A mite that carries a walking stick A Cheyletiella mite
Fleas are harmless.
True False