Cestodes Flashcards

1
Q

What are Cestodes?

A

Platyhelminthes
also called tapeworm

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2
Q

The suckers are called _____. They are for ____ and not _______.

A

Acetabula, attaching, eating

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3
Q

The Rostellum is also for?

A

attaching.

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4
Q

The eggs found inside the gravid proglottids are?

A

Hexacanth egg

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5
Q

T or F. Proglottids rupture in external environment and release thousands of hexacanth embryos.

A

True

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6
Q

Within the intermediate host the egg develops into a?

A

metacestode (larval tapeworm)

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7
Q

What is the clinical sign for Dipylidium caninum?

A

usually none

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8
Q

what is the treatment for Dillidium Caninum?

A

Droncit

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9
Q

Is dipylidium caninum zoontic?

A

yes

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10
Q

Larvae is called?

A

cysticercoids

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11
Q

what is clinical signs for Taenia?

A

usually minimal, may scoot

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12
Q

what is treatment for Taenia?

A

Fenbendazole

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13
Q

T. pisformis intermediate host is?

A

Rabbits

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14
Q

T. taeniaformis intermediate host is?

A

Rodents, rabbits

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15
Q

T. saginata intermediate host is?

A

Beef, dogs

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16
Q

T. solium intermediate host is?

A

Pork, dogs

17
Q

T. multicepts intermediate host is?

18
Q

Taenia is zoonotic?

19
Q

E. granulosus is?

A

hydatid cyst of dog

20
Q

E. multilicularis is?

A

hydatid cyst of cats

21
Q

Is Echinococcus zoonotic?

22
Q

what is the treatment for Echinococcus?

A

Albendazole

23
Q

clinical signs of Echinococcus?

A

abdominal pain, jaundice, coughing up blood, allergic reaction- hives

24
Q

Definitive host of Hymenepis?

A

mouse, rat, hamster, occasionally dogs.

25
is Hymenepis zoonotic?
yes
26
what is the treatment for Hymenepis?
Praziquantel
27
What is the larval stage of Taenia pisformis?
Cysterus
28
what are multicepts?
tapeworm of dogs
29
Anocephala is called what because the tape worm seems to fold over itself?
lappeted