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Veterinary Medicine
Undergraduate 2
07/10/2013

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Term
Tapeworms
Definition

Flatworms

 

Ribbon like bodies that are divided into a long chain of pro glottids

 

has hooks to atattach 

 

absorb nutrients through body wall

 

hermaphrodites 

 

 

Term
Scolex
Definition

head

 

has suckers 

Term
Rostellum
Definition
Anchor like part on anterior end
Term
Gravid
Definition
Filled with eggs
Term
Proglottis
Definition

Have muscles that allow movement 

 

rupture and release eggs into environment 

Term
Hexacanth
Definition

Infected stage 

 

eggs passed in feces 

Term
Diplydium caninum
Definition

Double pore or cucumber seed

 

Flea to dog or cat

 

Most common 

 

egg is multicellular 

 

found on hair, rectum, and pets bedding 

 

 

Term
Taenia pisiformis
Definition
Rabbit to dog
Term
Taenia hydatigena
Definition

Ruminant to dog 

 

raw meat

Term
Taenia ovis
Definition

Sheep to dog 

 

raw meat 

Term
Echinococcus granulosus
Definition

Ruminant, rodent, human, to dog 

 

Extreme zoonotic potential 

Term
Teania taeniaformis
Definition
Rabbit, rodent to cat
Term
Hydatigera taeniaformis
Definition
Rabbit, rodent to cat
Term
Echinococcus multicularis
Definition

Ruminant, rodent, human, to cat 

 

Extreme zoonotic potential 

Term
Spirometra
Definition

ziper tapes

 

fish, amphibians, to cat or dog 

 

intestines 

Term
Operculum
Definition
Mouth of egg
Term
Taenia saginata
Definition

beef measles

 

cattle to humans 

 

intestines

 

raw, old meat 

Term
Teania sollum
Definition

Pork measles

 

swine to humans 

 

muscle and nervous tissue 

 

raw pork 

Term
Moniezia benedini
Definition

Grain mites to cattle 

 

small intestine 

Term
Anoplocephala perfoliata, magna, paranoplocephala mamilana
Definition

Grain mites to horse 

 

can cause foreign body obstruction and perferation 

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