Quiz 4 Flashcards
What type of lifecycle do ALL cestodes have
Indirect
Where do adult cestodes inhabit in definitive host
GI tract
Where do larval cestodes inhabit in intermediate host
Extraintestinally
What is a larval cestode called
Metacestode
What is the gravid part of the cestode called
Proglottid
Where are nutrients absorbed in cestodes
Skin
What is the anterior part of the cestode called
Scolex
What type of tissue makes up the neck of the cestode
Undifferentiated tissue
What are the chain segments of cestodes called?
Strobila
T/F - Proglottids contain male and female genitalia
True! They are hermpaphrodites
Are proglottids more mature anteriorly or posteriorly
Posteriorly - they mature as they move away from the neck region
What are cestode eggs called
Oncospheres
What’s this
Hydatid cyst
What’s this
Coenurus
What’s this
Strobilocercus
What’s this
Cysticercus
What’s this
Tetrathyridium
What’s this?
Plerocercoid
What’s this
Procercoid
What’s this?
Oncosphere
How many suckers do Taenia have?
4 suckers
What do some Taenia suckers have?
Non-retractile rostellum – with 2 concentric rows of hooks
What are these
Taenia eggs
- Spherical*
- Thick-walled*
Definitive host of most Taenia
Canids, humans
Where are gravid segments shed?
Shed in intestine of definitive host
Proglottids in feces
How are Taenia eggs released
They are shed inside proglottis. They are then either
a) while the proglotid crawls on host’s fur
b) while proglottid is on fecal surface
Where are metacestodes typically found
In the liver, peritoneal membrane, or cardiac/skeletal muscle of intermediate host
Intermediate host forms fibrous tissue capsule around the metacestode
What is the most common Taenia tapeworm of dogs in the US?
T. pisiformis
What is the intermediate host of Taenia pisiformis? Where are metacestodes found?
Rabbits, hares.
Metacestodes (Cysticercus pisiformis) in liver, peritoneum
Describe metacestode of T. pisiformis
Cysticercus
Single fluid filled sac with one invaginated scolex
You see an eviscerated rabbit while walking in the woods. What do you suspect is growing on its intestines?
Cysticercus pisiformis
Cysticerci of Taeniae pisiformis
Fluid filled sac with an inverted scolex
What is the intermediate host of Taenia ovis? Where do metacestodes develop
Sheep
Metacestodes develop in skeletal and cardiac muscles
You’re at a slaughter house and they notice cysticerus in a sheep’s quadricep muscle. Are you concerned? What do you suspect?
This is probably Cysticercus ovis (Taenia ovis). Yes you are concerned —> lesions willcondemn sheep at slaughter
This is a sheep’s heart. What is wrong with it?
Cysticercus ovis growing in cardiac muscle
What is known as a ‘thin necked bladder worm’
Taenia hydatigena
What’s this
Taenia hydatigena
What’s this
Taenia hydatigena
What is the intermediate host of Taenia hydatigena? Where does the metacestode live?
Ruminants and swine
Metacestode migrates through lvier and encysts in peritoneum
- *Hepatitis cysticercosa**
- *Black Disease**
The fox is a definitive host of which Taenia spp.?
Taenia ovis
The cat is a definitive host of which Taenia spp?
- T. taeniaeformis *most common*
- Taenia hydatigena (wild felids)*
Humans are the definitive host of which Taenia spp.?
- T. saginata*
- T. solium*
Dogs are the definitive hosts of which Taenia spp?
- T. pisiforms *most common
- T. ovis
- T. hydatigena
- T. multiceps
What is the definitive host of T. hydatigena
Canids and wild felids
What is the metacestode stage of Taenia hydatigena called?
Cysticercus tenuicolis
What does Cysticercus tenuicolis cause? In who?
Causes hepatitis cysticercosa and black disease in intermediate host (ruminants and swine)