Cestodes Flashcards
What are the general characteristics of cestodes?
Flat body and no alimentary canal Nutrients absorbed through tegument Scolex (head) Strobila (body) with proglottid Hermaphroditic Indirect life cycle
What is the infection site of adult tapeworms?
Small intestine
What are the three differences between cyclophylliea and pseudophyllidea?
Cyclophyllidea: 1 IH, scolex with suckers, egg with oncopshere
Pseudophyllidea: 2IH, scolex with bothria, egg with oncosphere and cilia for motility
Common name of Dipylidium caninum?
Flea tapeworm, double-pore tapeworm, cucumber tapeworm , dog tapeworm
Final host of Diplylidium caninum?
Cat
Dog
Human
Intermediate host to Dipylidium caninum?
Flea and louse
Identify
Dog/cat
Fresh segment looking like a cucumber seed in the bedding
Dried segment like a grain of rice
Dipylidium caninum
What cestode of dogs and cats produces eggs in packets that are ingested by a flea?
Dipylidium caninum
What is the infective stage of Dipylidium caninum?
Cysticercoid in flea
What is the PPP of Dipylidum caninum?
3wks
What is the pathogenesis and signs of a Dipylidium caninum infection?
Adults are usually non pathogenic
Excessive grooming->fleas
What are the diagnostic methods for Dipylidium caninum?
Segments
Adhesive/scotch tape
What are the fowl cestodes?
Choanotaenia and Raillientina spp
What is the host to Choanotaenia spp?
Domestic fowl and wild fowl
Site of infection of fowl cestodes
Small intestine
Intermediate host os fowl cestodes?
Arthropoda-ant, bottle, houseflies
What is the infective stage of fowl cestodes?
Cystercercoid in arthropod
What is the pathogenesis of Choanotaenia and Raillietina spp?
Fowl cestode
Choanotaenia- pathogenic in large numbers
Raillietinea spp- chronic infection causes reduced growth, emaciation and weakness -> nodular tapeworm disease
What is the most reliable method of diagnosis or Choanotaenia and Raillietinea spp?
Necropsy
What are the equine cestodes? What one is more common?
Anoplocephala perfoliata -more common
Anoplocephala magna
Identify
Equine
Short broad, 4cm
Rounded scolex with lappets
A. Perfoliata
Identify
Equine
Large cestode up to 80cm
No lappets
A. Magna
Fecal flotation from equine
Eggs 80um, irregular shape (trangualr to trapezoidal)
Embryo with pyriform apparatus
Anoplocephala spp.
What is the IH to Anoplocephala spp?
Orbatid mites
What is the PPP of Anoplocephala spp?
1-2months
What is the pathogenesis of Anoplocephala perfoliata
?
Heavy infection-> ulceration and ill health
Localized near iliocecal valve-> partial occlusion of valve
Intussusception
Diagnosis of Anoplocephala spp?
Centrifuge and float eggs
ELISA
Sedimentation test
What is the ruminant cestode spp?
Moniezia spp
Common name of Moniezia spp?
Milk tapeworm
Double pored ruminant tapeworm
Sheep tapeworm
What are the final hosts of Moniezia spp?
Sheep, goat, cattle
Intermediate host of Moniezia ?
Orbatid mite
Identify
Ruminant
Adult- 2meters with unarmed scolex with suckers
Eggs triangular 60um
Moniezia spp
What is the ppp of the equine and ruminant cestodes?
1-2month
What is the larval stage of Taenia spp?
Cysticercus
Except t. Taeniformis -> strobilocerus
What is the general life cycle of Taenia spp?
Definitive host (cat, dog, human)-> proglottids in feces -> eggs, consumed by intermediate host (rodent, rabbit, livestock, and human)-> cystercurcus -> DH consumes IH