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Broad fish tapeworm of man. |
Diphyllobothrium latum |
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Host and site of D. latum |
Host: Fish eating mammals (man, dog, cats) Site: Small intestine |
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1st and 2nd intermediate host of D. latum |
1st - Diaptomus vulgaris, Cyclops strenuus (copepods) 2nd - fresh water fish (trout, pike, salmon, perch) |
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Zipper worm disease. |
Spirometrosis |
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Plocercoids of tapeworms |
Ligula intestinalis. Digramma interrup. |
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Anoplocephala perfoliata |
Host: horse, donkey, and other herbivore Site: small and large intestine particularly the ileo-cecal junction. |
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Morphology of A. perfoliata. |
Neither rostellum or hooks. With lappet. Wider proglottids. 5-6 cm. Eggs are spherical, angular or pear shaped. |
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Largest tapeworm of horse. |
Anoplocephala magna |
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Anoplocephala magna. |
Host: horse and donkey Site: small intestine/ occasionally stomach |
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Morphology of A. magna |
Lappet is absent |
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Paranoplocephala mamillana |
Host: horse Site: small intestine/occasionally stomach |
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Morphology of A. mamillana |
Narrow scolex bearing a slit-like sucker No lappets |
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Double pored tapeworm of sheep and goats. |
Moniezia expansa |
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Moniezia expansa |
Host: small ruminant Site: small intestine |
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Double - pored tapeworm of cattle. |
Monieza benedini |
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Moniezia benedini |
Host: cattle/ small ruminant Site: small intestine |
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Morphology of M. expansa and M. benedini. |
Rostellum or hook. Two sets of genital organs with marginal pores. Has a well developed pyriform. |
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Thysanosoma actinioides |
Host: sheep, cattle, deer Site: bile and pancreatic ducts, small intestine |
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Morphology of T. actinioides. |
Short segment and conspicuously fringed posteriorly. 2 sets of reproductive are organs, testes lies in median field. Egg has no pyriform apparatus. |
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Fringed tapeworms of sheep. |
Thysanosoma actinioides |
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Fringed tapeworms of goat. |
Thysaxiexia giardi |
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Avetellina centripunctata |
Host: sheep and other ruminants Site: small intestine |
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Morphology of A. centripunctata. |
Short proglottids. Single genitalia; genital pores alternate irregular. Eggs lies in hyaline egg capsules. Eggs has no pyriform apparatus. No vitelline gland. |
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Stilesia hepatica |
Host: large and small ruminant Site: bile duct |
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Stilesia globipunctata |
Host: ruminants Site: small intestine |
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Morphology of S. globipunctata and S. hepatica. |
Prominent suckers and broad neck. Short proglottid. Single gen pore, pores alternate irregularly. Uterus is long, transverse and dumbbell shaped. Ovoid eggs have no pyriform apparatus. Passes through egg capsule. |
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Dwarf tapeworm of man |
Hymenolepis nana |
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Hymenolepis nana |
Host:man and rodents Site: small intestine |
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Hymenolepis carioca |
Host: Chicken I. Host: dumb bettle |
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Hymenolepis lanceolate |
Host: duck and geese I. H: aquatic crustaceans |
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Hymenolepis cantaniana |
Host: Chicken |
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Diorchis nyrocae |
Host: ducks I. Host:copepods |
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Hymenolepis diminuta |
Host: rodents Site: small intestine |
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Morphology of H. diminuta |
Long strobila. Club shaped scolex. Unarmed rostellum. |
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Davainea proglottina |
Host: fowl, pigeon other gallinaceous birds Site:duodenum I. Host: snail, gastropod molluscs |
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Smallest tapeworm of poultry |
Davainea proglottina |
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Morphology of D. proglottina |
0.5 - 3.0 mm. 4-9 proglottids. Armed rostellum and suckers. Uterus replaced by capsules. |
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Houttuynia struthionis (D. proglottina) |
Host: ostrich Site: intestine |
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Raillietina tetragona |
Host: chicken Site: small intestine |
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Common tapeworm of poultry |
Raillietina tetragona |
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Raillietina echinobothridia |
Host:chicken and turkey Site:small intestine |
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Raillietina cesticillus |
Host: domestic poultry Site: small intestine |
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Amoebataenia cuneata |
Host: domestic fowl Site: small intestine |
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Morphology of A. cuneata |
4cm small. Tringular in shape. Egg occur singly in capsules. |
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Choanotaenia infundibulum |
Host: fowl and turkey Site: small intestine |
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Morphology of C. infundibulum |
Saw edge appearance, Rostellum armed with hooks, Sac like uterus, Egg has distinct elongate filaments. |
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Double pored tapeworm of dogs. |
Dipylidium caninum |
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Dipylidium caninum |
Host: dog, cat, fox, man esp children Site: small intestine |
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Morphology of D. caninum |
50 cm long, rose thorn shaped hooks, 2 sets of gen pore at the margin, Gravid proglottids are elongate oval in shape resembling cucumber seeds |
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Mesocestoides lineatus |
Host: dog, cat, wild carnivores, man Site: small intestine |
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Morphology of M. lineatus |
Unarmed scolex, No rostellum, Eggs pass through pauterine organs and with central gen pore |
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Taenia saginata |
Final site: small intestine Larval stage: Cysticercus bovis |
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Morphology of T. saginata |
Oval shape egg, Gravid segment leaves the host spontaneously |
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Beef tapeworm of man |
Taenia saginata |
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Morphology of Taenia solium |
Spherical shaped egg, Gravide segment don't leave the host spontaneously |
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Pork tapeworm of man |
Taenia solium |
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Morphology of T. multiceps |
Adults measures 40-60 cm in length, Large rostellum with sinuous handle and double row hooks |
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Morphology of Taenia hydategina |
75-500 cm long, Hooked rostellum, Egg are oval |
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Morphology of Taenia ovis |
1-2 cm long in adults Eggs are oval |
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Morphology of Taenia serialis |
72 cm long, Scolex bears a hooked rostellum and Elliptical egg |
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Morphology of Taenia taeniaeformis |
60 cm long. No neck. Bell shaped posterior proglottids. Large scolex. 2 rows of hooks. |
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Echinococcus granulosus |
Host: Dog. Site: small intestine - adult. Liver, lung, brain, eye, bone marrow, kidney - larva. |
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Morphology of E. granulosus |
Smallest tapeworm of medical importance. 2.5 to 9.0 mm. 3 segments. With globular scolex bearing a prominent rostellum. |
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Echinococcus multilocularis |
Host: dogs and cats Site: uterine - adults liver - hydatids |
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Avetellina bubalinae |
Host: water buffalo Site: small intestine |
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Dipylidium sexcoronatum affects |
Cats only |
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Dipylidium gracile. Dipylidium diffusum affects |
Dogs and cats |
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Dipylidium caninum affects |
Dogs only |
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It's metacestode develops in the brain of sheep (Coenurus cerebralis) and continue growing up to size of a hen egg or bigger. |
Taenia multiceps |
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Cysts that do not necessarily cause clinical symptoms and is only identified at necropsy. |
Asymptotic coenurosis |
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It is an acute meningoencephalitis caused by migrating larvae on the brain characterized by fever, depression or excitement and death. |
Acute coenurosis |
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It causes progressive compression and atrophy of the neighboring cerebral tissue. |
Chronic coenurosis |
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It is a hydatid cysts that do not have a brood capsule and sterile. |
Acephalocyst |
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It is a type of hydatid that has spherical and laminated membrane in which fluid is present. |
Unilocular |
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A type of hydatid that has fibrous capsule and cuticle are absent. It has no production of scolices and no fluid. |
Osseous |
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A hydatid that is characterized by the presence of cuticularized vesicles. Occasionally contains brood capsules and scolices; no fluid |
Alveolar |