Family Hymenolepitidae

Question 1

Species of family Hymenolepitidae

birds

Answer 1

• Drapanidotaenia laceloata
• Hymenolepsis cantaniana
• Fimbriaria fasciolaris
• Gastrotaenia

Question 2

Morphology of family Hymenolepitidae

Answer 2

Small to medium. Scolex has four suckers and rostellum with hooks.
Mature proglottids contain one set of genital organs.

Question 3

pathogenesis of family Hymenolepitidae

Answer 3

Catarrhal enteritis, diarrhea, death

Question 4

CS of family Hymenolepitidae

Answer 4

Digestive disorders, diarrhea, greenish to gray feces, inappetence, feeling thirsty, lagging in growth, nerve symptoms – impaired stability and mobility, mortality.

Question 5

Dx of family Hymenolepitidae

Answer 5

Finding articles in the feces and postmortem

Question 6

Tx of family Hymenolepitidae

Answer 6

Praziquantel – repeated after a month

Question 7

IH & PH of Drapanidotaenia laceloata

Answer 7

• IH: Cyclops
• PH: Freshwater snails

Question 8

IH of Hymenolepsis cantaniana

Answer 8

Dung beetles

Question 9

IH of Fimbriaria fasciolaris

Answer 9

Cyclops

Question 10

IH of Gastrotaenia

Answer 10

Copepods

Question 11

Location of Hymenolepitidae family:

Answer 11

SI

Question 12

FH of Hymenolepitidae family:

Answer 12

poultry