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Cestodes Flashcards

1
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Two categories of tapeworms?

A

Eucestoda (true tapeworms), cotyloda (pseudo tapeworms)

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2
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Flea tapeworm.

A

Dipylidium caninum

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3
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Most common tapeworms of dogs and cats.

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Dipylidium caninum

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4
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Where are flea tapeworms found?

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Small intestines. In packets of 20 eggs

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5
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Full of eggs.

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Gravid

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6
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How are flea tapeworms transmitted?

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Ingestion of the flea

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7
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What are the three sections tapeworms are divided into?

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Scolex, neck, proglottid

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8
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Signs of flea tapeworm infection?

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Anal itching, diarrhea, weight loss

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9
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How can we diagnose tapeworm?

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Seeing segments in stools, fecal flotation

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10
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Many species of tapeworm.

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Taenia spp.

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11
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What do adult Taenia look like?

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Yellow, long, regtangular worms

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12
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This species is not zoonotic to humans from dogs and cats.

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Taenia spp.

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13
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Hydatid tapeworm

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Echinococcus granulosus

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14
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Who is the host for Hydatid tapeworm.

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Dog, wolf, coyote

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15
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This spp of tapeworm does not show segments in stool.

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Hydatid spp

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16
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Rat, mouse, voles, human Hydatid spp.

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Echinococcus multilocularis

17
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Primarily found in the northern hemisphere with rodents.

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Echinococcus multilocularis

18
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Most lethal form of echinococcus.

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Echinococcus multilocularis

19
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Zipper tapeworm.

A

Spirometra spp.

20
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What are spirometra spp. Similar to?

A

Trematodes

21
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Often found in dogs and cats in Florida or in the gulf.

A

Spirometra spp.

22
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Broad fish tapeworm.

A

Diphyllobothrium lactium

23
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Resembles Trematodes and flukes.

A

Diphyllobothrium Latum

24
Q

Are found in the Great Lake regions using crustaceans and fish as I. Hosts.

A

Diphyllobthrium latum

25
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Two types of large animal Cestodes.

A

Moniezia benedini: cattle, moniezia expansa: sheep, cattle, goats

26
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Large animal Cestode triangular in shape.

A

Moniezia expansa

27
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Large animal Cestode square in shape.

A

Moniezia benedini

28
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Where do large animal cestodes come from?

A

Grain mites

29
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Fringed tapeworm

A

Thysanosoma actinoides

30
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Sheep, goat, cattle tapeworm found in north and South America.

A

Fringed tapeworm

31
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Equine tapeworm.

A

Anoplocephala spp.

32
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Host of equine tapeworm.

A

Horse

33
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Where do equine tapeworms come from?

A

Grain mites

34
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Beef tapeworm

A

Taenia saginata

35
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Pig tapeworm

A

Taenia solium

36
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Who is the definitive host for Taenia solium and Taenia saginata?

A

Humans

37
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Characteristics of tapeworms?

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Multicellular, heterotrophic (can’t synthesize own food), non motile (some species), hermaphrodites, flat, attach to intestinal walls, have two categories

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