1
Q
What is it?
A
Larval stage of Taenia Solium
Pig Tapeworm
2
Q
PMI result
A
Partial rejection of heart followed by cold treatment
Category 2
3
Q
Prevention methods
A
Fully cook pork
Wash hands after handling raw meat
(Zoonotic - will infect humans)
4
Q
What is cold treatment?
A
-7 for 3 weeks
-10 for 2 weeks
5
Q
Life cycle
A
- Gravid segments passed in faeces, eggs survive on pasture
- Pigs ingest oncospheres which circulate to striated muscle
- Cysticerci develop in heart
- Adults mature/live in SI
- Humans infected by eating undercooked meat containing cysticerci
