Cestode Flashcards
dipylidium caninum
Intermediate host ?
Metacestode stage?
IH: Larval fleas (ctenocephalides felis/canis and pulex irritans)
canine chewing louse (trichodectes canis)
Metascestode stage: cysticercoid
(1 scolex/Not invaginated)
Metacestode stages
Cysticercoid Strobilocercus Cysticercus Coenurus Hydatid cyst
Cysticercoid (Scolices/Vagination)
1 scolex NO invagination
Strobilocercus (Scolices/Vagination)
1 scolex NO invagination
Cysticercus (Scolices/Vagination)
1 scolex INVAGINATED
Coenurus (Scolices/Vagination)
MANY scolices, INVAGINATED
Hydatid Cyst (Scolices/Vagination)
MANY scolices, INVAGINATED
Identification of cyclophyllidea
scolex with 4 acetabula +/- armed
strobila of proglottids
taeniid species with cysticercus metacestode stage
Taenid..
ovis
hydatigena,(MC called cysticercus tenuicollis)
pisiformis
taeniid species with strobilocercus metacestode stage
Taenid taeniaeformis (MC called cysticercus fasciolaris)
taeniid species with unilocular hydatid cyst metascestode stage
Echinococcus granulosus (MC called unilocular hydatid cyst)
taeniid species with multilocular hydatid cyst metacestode stage
echinococcus multilocularis (MC called multilocular hydatid cyst)
taeniid species with coenurus metacestode stage
Taenia multiceps (MC called coenurus cerebralis) Taenia serialis (MC called coenurus serialis)
taeniid species
T. taeniaeformis pisiformis ovis hydatigena multiceps serialis Echinococcus granulosus Echinococcus multilochularis
Cyclophyllidea species
Dipylidium canincum
Taeniid spp.
Pseudophyllidean species
Spirometra mansonoides
diphyllobothrium spp.
IH host and location of Taenia taeniaeformis MC stage (strobilocercus) called cystocercus fasciolaris
Rodent
LIVER … ingested by felids
Treatment of Cyclophyllidea (preferred tx for taeniid*)
Fenbendazole* praziquantel, episiprantel
IH host and location of T. pisiformis MC stage
(cysticercus) called c. pisiformis
Rabbit +/- other rodents
peritoneal cavity
taeniid spp. ID
LARGE
sculex often ARMED,
proglottid LONGER than wide with ONE genital pore per proglottid on alternating sides
brown radiating/striated egg with hexacanth embrphore