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Phylum Playhelminthes
Parasites
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Veterinary Medicine
Undergraduate 2
10/06/2011

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Term
Cestodes
Definition
"tapeworms" ribbon like and segmented
Term
Trematodes
Definition
"flukes" flat and leaf shaped
Term
Eucestoda
Definition
"true tapeworm"
contains scolex (four suckers)
Lifecycle: on land with 1 IH
Term
Cotyloda
Definition
"pseudotapeworm"
contains bothria (2 slit-like organelles)
Lifecycle: in water with 2 IH
Term
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Definition
immature proglottid
Term
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Definition
mature proglottid
Term
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Definition
gravid proglottid
Term
Taenia Saginata
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Definition
"beef tapeworm"
DH: humans
IH:cattle
Term
Taenia pisiformis
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Definition
DH: dogs, wild canids
IH: rabbit
Location: small intestine
Term
Taenia taeniaeformis
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Definition
DH: cats
IH: rabbit
Location: liver, SI
Term
Echinococcus granulosus
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Definition
Host: dogs, wild canids
IH: domestic and wild ruminants (cyst found on liver and lungs of IH)
Term
Echinococcus multilocularis
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Definition
Host: wild canids, dogs and cats
IH: rodents
Term
Dipylidium caninum
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Definition
"flea tapeworm"
Host: dogs, cats, foxes, man
IH: fleas and lice
*most common tapeworm found in SI of cats and dogs
Term
Anoplocephala spp.
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Definition
Host: horse, donkey
IH: oribatid mite
Location: small and large intestine
Term
Moniezia spp.
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Definition
Host: sheep, goats, cattle
IH: oribatid mite
Location: s. intestine
Term
Paragonimus kellicoti
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Definition
Host: cats, dogs, wild canids, racoons
2nd IH: crayfish or crabs
Location: lungs
Term
Alaria spp.
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Definition
Host: dogs, cats, mink, fox
1st IH: aquatic snails
2nd IH: tadpoles/frogs
Location: s. intestine
*transmammary transmission in cats
Term
Fasciola hepatica
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Definition
Host: small ruminants, cattle, sometimes man
1st IH: aquatic snails
2nd IH: water plant
Location: bile ducts
Term
Fascioloides magna
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Definition
Host: deer (normally), moose, elk
Location: liver
*cattle and sheep are aberrant hosts
*aka "Giant deer/liver fluke"
Term
Taenia solium
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Definition
"pork tapeworm"
IH: pigs
DH: humans
Location: SI
Term
Diphyllobothrium spp.
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Definition
Host: dogs, cats, bear, man
1st IH: aquatic being
2nd IH: fish
Term
Spirometra sp.
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Definition
Host: bobcat, cat, dog, racoon
Location: SI
1st IH: copepod
2nd IH: any vertebre besides fish
DH: humans
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