Tapeworms (cestodes) Flashcards
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Taenia spp.
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Found in cats, dogs, and ruminants
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Moniezia benedeni
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Ruminant tapeworm
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Taenia spp. Life cycle
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- Adult lives in small intestine
- Gravid segments in stool
- Segments rupture and spread eggs
- Eggs eaten by intermediate host
- Cystercoid develops in host
- Primary host eats cystercoid
- Adult develops in primary host
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Dipylidium canium
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Flea tapeworm, found in dogs and cats
Intermediate host - flea or louse
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Dipylidium canium life cycle
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- adult in small intestine
- segments passed in stool
- flea/louse eats egg & cystercoid develops
- dog or cat eats flea/louse while grooming
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Echinococcus granulosus
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Hydatid tapeworms found in dog
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Echinococcus granulosus life cycle
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- adults in dogs
- eggs shed in feces
- eggs infective immediately
- ingestion of eggs
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Anoplocephala perfoliata, a. Magna
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Found in horses
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Paranoplocephala mamillana
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Found in horses
