Cestodes Flashcards
What are Cestodes?
Platyhelminthes
also called tapeworm
The suckers are called _____. They are for ____ and not _______.
Acetabula, attaching, eating
The Rostellum is also for?
attaching.
The eggs found inside the gravid proglottids are?
Hexacanth egg
T or F. Proglottids rupture in external environment and release thousands of hexacanth embryos.
True
Within the intermediate host the egg develops into a?
metacestode (larval tapeworm)
What is the clinical sign for Dipylidium caninum?
usually none
what is the treatment for Dillidium Caninum?
Droncit
Is dipylidium caninum zoontic?
yes
Larvae is called?
cysticercoids
what is clinical signs for Taenia?
usually minimal, may scoot
what is treatment for Taenia?
Fenbendazole
T. pisformis intermediate host is?
Rabbits
T. taeniaformis intermediate host is?
Rodents, rabbits
T. saginata intermediate host is?
Beef, dogs