Tapeworms

Question 1

What is the Phylum tapeworms are under

Answer 1

Platyhelminthes

Question 2

Class?

Answer 2

Trematoda (flukes)

Cestoda (tapeworms)

Question 3

Cestoda subclasses

Answer 3

Euscestoda (true tapeworm)

Cotyloda

Question 4

Describe tapeworms

Answer 4

Flatworms that lack a body cavity

Hermaphroditic

Question 5

What is the life cycle of tapeworms?

Answer 5

Indirect

Require on an intermediate host

Question 6

Scolex

Answer 6

Head

Question 7

Acetabula

Answer 7

Suckers

Question 8

Armed/unarmed rostellum

Answer 8

Rostrum

Most tapeworms are armed

Question 9

Neck

Answer 9

Growth region

Question 10

Strobila

Answer 10

Body

Proglottids

Question 11

What are the three types of proglottids?

Answer 11

Immature
Mature
Gravid

Question 12

What does each proglottid have?

Answer 12

A male and female reproductive organ

Question 13

What is a gravid proglottid?

Answer 13

A pregnant proglottid

Question 14

Eucestodes (true tapeworm) Life Cycle

Answer 14

Gravid proglottids go into the environment
Embryos are ingested by the intermediate host
Become the metacestode and then adult when they reach the predilection site

Question 15

What is the metacestode stage in the tapeworm life cycle?

Answer 15

Larval form

Question 16

What do the clients see?

Answer 16

Dried proglottids = white rice

Fresh proglottids = cucumber seeds, still moving

Question 17

Dipylidium caninum

Answer 17

Flea tapeworm
Cucumber seed tapeworm
Double-pored tapeworm

Question 18

What is the most common tapeworm found in dogs and cats?

Answer 18

Dipylidium caninum

Question 19

What is the predilection site of the Dipylidium caninum

Answer 19

The small intestine of dogs and cats

Question 20

How do dogs and cats become infected with Dipylidium caninum?

Answer 20

By ingesting fleas

Question 21

What is the prepatent period of Dipylidium caninum?

Answer 21

14 to 21 days

Question 22

What is the intermediate host of Dipylidium caninum?

Answer 22

Ctenocephalides felis (cat flea)
Ctenocephalides canis (dog flea)

Question 23

How do we diagnosis a Dipylidium caninum infection?

Answer 23

Fecal float

ID the eggs in the packets because it helps ID the specific tapeworm

Question 24

What is the treatment for a Dipylidium caninum infection?

Answer 24

Praziquantel

Epsiprantel

Question 25

What do we do to prevent a Dipylidium caninum infection?

Answer 25

Flea control

Question 26

Is Dipylidium caninum zoonotic?

Answer 26

Yes if the flea is ingested not the proglottids

Question 27

What is it about the Taenia species that makes it hard to differentiate between species?

Answer 27

Each genus and species has a very similar ova

Question 28

What is the similar ova in the Taenia species called?

Answer 28

"Taenia type"

Question 29

How do you know what Taenia species you are looking at?

Answer 29

You can narrow it down by the host | An exact diagnosis can not be made

Question 30

What is the intermediate host for nearly all Taenia spp?

Answer 30

Mammals

Question 31

Taenia pisiformis in dogs

Answer 31

Known as the Rabbit tapeworm

Question 32

What is the intermediate host of Taenia pisiformis?

Answer 32

Rabbit

Question 33

How do dogs become infected with Taenia pisiformis?

Answer 33

by ingesting rabbits and hares

Question 34

Taenia taeniaformis in cats

Answer 34

Known as the Rodent tapeworm

Question 35

What is the intermediate host of Taenia taeniaformis?

Answer 35

Rodents

Question 36

How do cats become infected with Taenia taeniaformis?

Answer 36

By ingesting rodents

Question 37

What is the prepatent period of Taenia pisiformis?

Answer 37

1-2 months

Question 38

What is the prepatent period of Taenia taeniaformis?

Answer 38

1-3 months

Question 39

How do we diagnosis Taenia pisiformis and T. taeniaformis?

Answer 39

Fecal float

Question 40

How do we treat Taenia pisiformis and T. taeniaformis?

Answer 40

Praziquantel

Question 41

Are Taenia pisiformis and T. taeniaformis zoonotic?

Answer 41

No

Question 42

What are the signs and symptoms of a Taenia pisiformis and T. taeniaformis?

Answer 42

Itching Scooting Potbelly