Tapeworms

Question 1

What are the three types of tapeworms

Answer 1

Taenia
Dipylidium
Echinococcus

Question 2

What do tapeworms look like?

Answer 2

Head
Neck
Number of segments

Question 3

Where do tapeworms attach

Answer 3

Intestinal wall

Question 4

What do tapeworms require for transmission

Answer 4

Intermediate host

Question 5

What happens if no intermediate host

Answer 5

Transmission or larva stops/fails

Question 6

What happens if there is an intermediate host?

Answer 6

Development of larva occurs

Question 7

What does each tapeworm segment have

Answer 7

Reproductive organs

Question 8

What is hemaphroditic

Answer 8

When eggs are released as segments break off tapeworms

Question 9

What is a definitive host of a tapeworm

Answer 9

Dogs
Cats
Coyotes

Question 10

What is the intermediate host of a tapeworm

Answer 10

Fleas, fish, sheep , pig

Question 11

Prevention of tapeworms

Answer 11

Removal of intermediate hosts

Question 12

Examples of prevention of tapeworms

Answer 12

Flea control
Indoor cats
No hunting
No eating raw meat

Question 13

Adult larval facts

Answer 13

Adults always in definitive host

Adults are not infective to other predators

Question 14

Intermediate host larval facts

Answer 14

Larval only in intermediate host

Larval not invective to other intermediate hosts

Question 15

How many subspecies in taenia

Answer 15

Many 
Beef
Pork 
Deer 
Sheep 
Rabbits

Question 16

Where do taenia live

Answer 16

Definitive host
Human
Cat
Dog

Question 17

How to diagnose taenia

Answer 17

Fecal samples (see segment of worms/eggs in feces)

Question 18

Taenia signs

Answer 18

May cause no signs

Itchy, intestinal signs

Question 19

Where do intermediate species ingest eggs

Answer 19

Deer
Mice
Cattle
Sheep ingest in environment (immediately infective)

Question 20

Where do taenia eggs hatch in intermediate host

Answer 20

Small intestine

Question 21

Where do taenia eggs go once they hatch in SI

Answer 21

They go into the liver from blood

Question 22

Where do taenia eggs wait to be eaten by predator

Answer 22

Sac in abdominal cavity

Question 23

Is taenia in humans

Answer 23

Some species human specific

Humans can be accidental host

Question 24

What is diplydium tapeworm

Answer 24

Flea tapeworm

Question 25

Diplydium signs

Answer 25

Discomfort Vomit Scooting

Question 26

Diplydium definitive host

Answer 26

Dogs Cats Foxes

Question 27

Where do adult diplydium live

Answer 27

SI

Question 28

Where do diplydium eggs go

Answer 28

Pass in feces

Question 29

What part of diplydium do you see in feces

Answer 29

Diplydium tapeworm segments

Question 30

Diplydium treatment

Answer 30

Praziquantel (profender, dolpac, drontal)

Question 31

Diplydium intermediate host

Answer 31

Fleas | Lice

Question 32

How do diplydium intermediate hosts ingest eggs

Answer 32

Louse and flea larvae ingest eggs

Question 33

How do diplydium definitive hosts get eggs

Answer 33

Dogs/cats eat insect and adult larvae form in S I

Question 34

Diplydium and humans

Answer 34

``` Can infect humans Diarrhea Itchy bum Pain in abdomen Diarrhea ```

Question 35

How do humans get diplydium

Answer 35

Swallowing louse and flea

Question 36

Echinococcus symptoms

Answer 36

Usually no symptoms unless high numbers

Question 37

How do echinococcus eggs pass

Answer 37

Usually in small numbers | Negative test is common

Question 38

Why is it difficult to tell if it is an echinococcus egg

Answer 38

Difficult to tell from taenia egg which is more common

Question 39

How to treat echinococcus

Answer 39

Praziquantel Milbemax Profender Drontal / dopac

Question 40

How to prevent echinococcus

Answer 40

Prevent rodent populations Prevent eating intermediate host Don't eat undercooked meat

Question 41

Echinococcus definitive host

Answer 41

Dogs, fox | Sometimes humans

Question 42

How does definitive host get echinococcus

Answer 42

Ingesting prey

Question 43

How long can adult form of echinococcus live

Answer 43

Up to two years

Question 44

Who is the echinococcus intermediate host

Answer 44

Sheep Voles Shrew

Question 45

Where do echinococcus eggs once ingested by intermediate

Answer 45

Migrate to the lungs and liver

Question 46

What happens when echinococcus eggs are in lungs and liver

Answer 46

Large cysts form that contain thousands of infective forms

Question 47

Echinococcus in humans

Answer 47

Yes very serious if humans get

Question 48

Echinococcus human cause

Answer 48

Contact with eggs (feces) Intermediate host Gardening/soil

Question 49

What does echinococcus cause in humans

Answer 49

Hydatid disease | Parasite tumors develop in brain liver heart lungs

Question 50

What happens if echinococcus tumors rupture in humans

Answer 50

Anaphylacrtic shock

Question 51

Diagnoses of echinococcus

Answer 51

CT | MRI

Question 52

Treatment of echinococcus

Answer 52

Praziquantel | Surgery

Question 53

Can humans be intermediate hosts of echinococcus

Answer 53

Yes

Question 54

Echinococcus prevention

Answer 54

Prevent ingestion of intermediate host | Flea control, vermin control, cook meat, wash hands , keep pets on regular deworming