Class: Eucestoda (True tapeworms) Flashcards
Eucestoda (true tapeworms)
✓ most species occur in the SMALL INTESTINE as adults, few in DUCTS
✓ USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH TERRESTRIAL FOOD CHAIN
✓ COTYLODA IS AQUATIC
reproductive organs are single or double set in each segment
Family Anoplocephalidae
eggs are covered with an outer vitelline middle albuminous and inner chitinous layer bearing a pyriform apparatus
Family Anoplocephalidae
intermediate host of Family Anoplocephalidae
oribatid mites (oribatula)
live on pasture, soil and subsist on bacteria fungi and decaying vegetable matter
Oribatid mites
3 genera of family Anoplocephalidae
✓ Anoplocephala
✓ Paranoplocephala
✓ Monieza
host of Anoplocephala perfoliata
Horse, Donkeys other herbivores
Found in small and large intestine particularly the ILEO-cecal junction
Anoplocephala perfoliata
Distribution of Anoplocephala perfoliata
Cosmopolitan: present in the Philippines
with lappet behind each of the 4 large suckers
Anoplocephala perfoliata
Eggs are spherical or angular-shaped or pear shaped covered by 5 envelopes
Anoplocephala perfoliata
Predilection site of Anoplocephala perfoliata
ileo-cecal junction
prepatent period of Anoplocephala perfoliata
1-2m
affects all ages but clinically affects horses that are 3-4 years of age
Anoplocephala perfoliata
Treatment of Anoplocephala perfoliata
Niclosamide, Mebendazole, Bithionol