Taenia hydatigena
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Taenia hydatigena is a tapeworm that predominantly affects the small intestine of dogs and foxes, and very rarely also occurs in cats. Ruminants , horses and real pigs actas intermediate hosts,andvery rarely humans too. The adult worm is 50 to 250 cm long and up to 6 cm wide. The rostellum of the Scolex has two rows of hooks with large (170–200 µm) and small (110–160 µm) hooks.
The proglottids are elongated with simple, slightly protruding genital pores, which are arranged at the margins and irregularly. The uterus has a relatively short central section from which 5 to 10 pairs of sloping side branches branch off.
The intermediate hosts are infected by ingestion of the oncospheres . In the intermediate host , the fin stage , which is also known as cysticercus tenuicollis , develops subserosally in the abdominal cavity .
See also
literature
- Johannes Eckert et al .: Textbook of Parasitology for Veterinary Medicine. Enke, 2nd revised. Ed., 2008, ISBN 9783830410720