Cestodes Flashcards
Dipylidium caninum
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“flea/cucumber/dog tapeworm”
FH: dog, cat, human, IH: flea, lice
SI
cucumber seeds in feces, scotch tape, “packet eggs”
Choanotaenia spp
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fowl cestode
FH: domestic and wild fowl, IH: ant, beetle, fly
SI
cysticercoid larvae, path in lg #s
Raillietina spp
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fowl cestode
wild and domestic fowl
SI
“nodular tapeworm disease”
Anoplocephala perfoliata
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equine cestode
FH: horse, IH: mite
cecum, ileocecal valve
intussusception, any time of year, proglotids in feces
Anoplocephala magna
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equine cestode
FH: horse, IH: mite
SI
larger than perfoliata, less path
Moniezia spp.
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“milk tapeworm”
FH: sheep, goats, cattle, IH: mites
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2 meters, young animals, segments in feces
Taenia pisiformis
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FH: dog, IH: rabbit
SI
cysticercus,
Taenia crassiceps
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FH: dog, IH: rodent, human
SI
ZOONOTIC, infects eye, N. Hemi
Taenia taeniaeformis
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FH: cat, IH: rodent
SI
strobilocercus
Taenia hydatigena
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FH: dog, IH: sheep
SI
acute fasciolosis from migration
Taenia saginata
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“beef tapeworm”
“pearly beef”
FH: human, IH: cows
striated m in IH
Taenia solium
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"pork tapeworm" "pearly pork" FH: human, IH: pig striated m in IH neurocysticercosis
Echinococcus granulosas
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“hydatid tapeworm”
FH: dog, IH: sheep, human
larva in liver/lungs, adult in SI
“spiny” intestine (like urchin); non path in livestock/dogs, severe path in humans
Echinococcus multilocularis
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“alveolar hydatid tapeworm”
FH: dog, fox, IH: rodent, human
cysts in liver, adult in SI
ZOONOTIC, fatal to humans
Mesocestoides spp.
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FH: dog, cat, IH1: arthropod, IH2: rodent, reptile, cat, dog
adult: SI
motile proglittids