Which animal serves as the definitive host for Toxoplasma gondii?
Correct answer: C. Cats and other felids
- A. Dogs and other canids
- B. Sheep and other ruminants
- C. Cats and other felids
- D. Pigs and wild boars
Explanation
Sexual reproduction of Toxoplasma gondii occurs in the intestinal cells of felids, which therefore act as definitive hosts. Sheep, pigs and other warm-blooded animals are intermediate hosts and may develop tissue cysts.
Report an error
The more specific you are, the faster it gets fixed. A source beats an opinion.
Prefer email? support@testustad.com
About Veterinary Parasitology
Covers protozoa, helminths and arthropods that infect domestic animals, including their morphology, life cycles, hosts, transmission and clinical effects. Questions connect parasite identification with diagnosis, prevention and treatment, and distinguish endoparasites from ectoparasites and definitive hosts from intermediate hosts.
Practise Veterinary Parasitology
58 free Veterinary Parasitology MCQs from Veterinary Science, each with the correct answer and an explanation. Unlimited attempts, no account needed.
Discussion
Stuck on an option, or know a faster way to get there? Ask or explain it here.
No comments yet. Be the first to explain this one.
Exams that ask Veterinary Science questions like this
Veterinary Science is on this paper prepared for on TestUstad, and all of them draw the same bank, so this question is worth knowing for it.
More Veterinary Parasitology questions
What does a high faecal egg count in a grazing animal most directly indicate?
The hydatid cyst found in the liver or lungs of sheep represents which stage of Echinococcus granulosus?
The McMaster technique in veterinary parasitology is primarily used to estimate:
What does the term prepatent period mean in a parasitic infection?
A one-host tick completes its larval, nymphal and adult feeding stages on:
Which laboratory finding most strongly supports infection with Giardia duodenalis when cyst shedding is intermittent?