Taenia Saginata

Question 1

final host

Answer 1

humans

Question 2

larval type

Answer 2

cysticercus

Question 3

intermediate host

Answer 3

cattle

Question 4

site of larva

Answer 4

muscle

Question 5

common name

Answer 5

beefy tape worm

Question 6

class

Answer 6

cestoda

Question 7

identification

Answer 7

8cm long scolex- 4 suckers

Question 8

egg identifitcation

Answer 8

taeniid

striated shell

Question 9

life cycel

Answer 9

gravid segments pass in feces of final host
rupture and desseminate eggs
oncosphere is ingested by cattle
hatches and migrates to skeletal and cardiac muscle
forms cysticerci
humans eat uncooked meat with cysticerci
develops to adult in small intestine

Question 10

what form is infective to the final host?

Answer 10

cysticerci

Question 11

PPP

Answer 11

2-3 months

Question 12

site of infection in intermediate host

Answer 12

striated muscle

Question 13

site of infection in final host

Answer 13

small intestine

Question 14

pathogenesis

Answer 14

final host: discomfort with passing segments

intermediate host- none except in heart

Question 15

diagnosis

Answer 15

inspection of meat

serology/ ELISA/ antibody test

Question 16

treatment

Answer 16

Praziquantel
mass deworming
cook meat
confine cattle