pork and beef Flashcards
beef tapeworm
sagginatta
who are the hosts (sagginta)
definitive- humans
intermediate - cattle
live sagg
SI
what type of worm is beef tapeworm
CESTODES
IP sagginata
3 months
which one causes cysticercosis
solium
which one is longer
sagginata
which one has a greater impact on health
solium
whats the disease of saginata called
intestinal taeniasis
how do human become infected with beef one
have to eat the larval form in the beef ‘cystercosis bovis’- measly beef
how does the intermediate host get infected in t. saginata
cow eats eggs
main complaint from patient in sagginata
passing of the segment in the underwear but only the gravid segment
treatment of sagninatta
praziquantel/niclosclamide
infective form of saginata
cysticercosis ovis
t solium difference in size with sagginat
solium is 2X as broad
difference between eggs of solium and sagg
solium : infective to both man and pig
saginata- not infective to man just cow
how are the segments of solium passed
passively in chains
hosts in solium
man - definite - but can sometimes be intermediate
intermediate - pig