pork and beef Flashcards
(47 cards)
beef tapeworm
sagginatta
who are the hosts (sagginta)
definitive- humans
intermediate - cattle
live sagg
SI
what type of worm is beef tapeworm
CESTODES
IP sagginata
3 months
which one causes cysticercosis
solium
which one is longer
sagginata
which one has a greater impact on health
solium
whats the disease of saginata called
intestinal taeniasis
how do human become infected with beef one
have to eat the larval form in the beef ‘cystercosis bovis’- measly beef
how does the intermediate host get infected in t. saginata
cow eats eggs
main complaint from patient in sagginata
passing of the segment in the underwear but only the gravid segment
treatment of sagninatta
praziquantel/niclosclamide
infective form of saginata
cysticercosis ovis
t solium difference in size with sagginat
solium is 2X as broad
difference between eggs of solium and sagg
solium : infective to both man and pig
saginata- not infective to man just cow
how are the segments of solium passed
passively in chains
hosts in solium
man - definite - but can sometimes be intermediate
intermediate - pig
cystercoscos
when man is both the definitive and intermediate host
infective form in cystercoscosis -
EGGS
infective form in solium disease
larvae - cysticercosis cellulose
cystercoscosis most commonly affects
muscles
which one has unarmed scolex
saginnata
which one is larger
sagginata