Cestodes: Dipylidium caninum

Question 1

What is the common name for Dipylidium caninum?

Answer 1

tapeworm (of the flea)

Question 2

What do adult Dipylidium caninum look like?

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Answer 2

1. light-reddish to yellow color

2. proglottids look like rice or cucumber seeds

Question 3

What do Dipylidium caninum eggs look like?

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Answer 3

1. egg packets inside proglottids

2. eggs have hooklets

Question 4

Why is Dipylidium caninum important?

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Answer 4

1. malnutrition

2. perianal irritation

Question 5

How is Dipylidium caninum diagnosed?

Answer 5

proglottids around anus or in feces

Question 6

How is Dipylidium caninum controlled?

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Answer 6

1. eliminate intermediate host- fleas

2. treat infected animals