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Cestodes Flashcards

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Hymenolepsis nana

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Dwarf tapeworm, egg with bipolar filaments emerging from embryo; sometimes booklets can be seen, colorless shell

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Hyemnolepis diminuta

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Rat tapeworm, egg without bipolar filaments; 3 pair of hooklets if seen

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Taenia saginata

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Beef tapeworm, egg with radial striations and 3 pairs of hooklets identical to T. solium and Echinococcus granulosus; proglottids with 15-40 lateral uterine branches; scolex had 4 suckers

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Taenia solium

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Pork tapeworm, egg identical to T. saginata, proglottids with 7-12 lateral uterine branches; scolex has 4 suckers plus a center crown of hooks

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Echinococcus granulosus

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Dog tapeworm, egg identical to T. saginata and T. solium, hydatid cyst

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Diphylobothrium latum

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Broadfosh tapeworm, egg with operculum and opposite small knob; double walled shelf if visible; grooves sucker on scolex; proglottids with rosette and broader vs length

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Dipylidium caninum

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Dog, cat, cucumber tapeworm, egg packets

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