Future test questions will probably have these ambiguities. I don't profess to being able to write the best questions, but am happy to receive your suggestions. I would like to write questions that move away from rote memorizations, such as List The Parasites of Dogs, towards something that incorporates some thinking, or synthesis. On the bright side, from my perspective at least, is that this type of testing software allows variable points for different answers. I realize that will enhance your overall frustration with trying to key your responses, but it will really be more fair than having everything equally weighted when they aren't equally relevant.
Fecal exams are useful for parasites that characteristically pass their eggs in the feces.
Altho a tapeworm, Echinococcus granulosus proglottids dissolve in the intestine and eggs are found in the feces. Major differential . I should have written that I meant a patent infection. I didn't remove points for C because many texts will tell you that a Baermann apparatus is the technique to use for diagnosis of Strongyloides stercoralis , but that is a fecal exam. Trichuris vulpis Dipylidium caninum , Taenia taeniaformis and Echinococcus granulosus .