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
T. solium intermediate host is?
Pork, dogs
T. multicepts intermediate host is?
Sheep
Taenia is zoonotic?
yes
E. granulosus is?
hydatid cyst of dog
E. multilicularis is?
hydatid cyst of cats
Is Echinococcus zoonotic?
yes
what is the treatment for Echinococcus?
Albendazole
clinical signs of Echinococcus?
abdominal pain, jaundice, coughing up blood, allergic reaction- hives
Definitive host of Hymenepis?
mouse, rat, hamster, occasionally dogs.
is Hymenepis zoonotic?
yes
what is the treatment for Hymenepis?
Praziquantel
What is the larval stage of Taenia pisformis?
Cysterus
what are multicepts?
tapeworm of dogs
Anocephala is called what because the tape worm seems to fold over itself?
lappeted
