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Dipylidium life cycle. Dipylidium caninum, also called the flea tapeworm, double-pored tapeworm, or cucumber tapeworm (in reference to the shape of its cucumber-seed-like proglottids, though these also resemble grains of rice or sesame seeds) is a cyclophyllid cestode that infects organisms afflicted with fleas and canine chewing lice, including dogs, cats, and sometimes human pet-owners ...
Infections with Taeniidae other than the thick-necked tapeworm are rare in cats. The 30 to 150 cm long taenia pisiformis (main hosts: dogs, foxes) requires lagomorphs and rodents as intermediate hosts. Cats are a less suitable final host for this tapeworm; it is usually excreted by the cat before the formation of egg-containing (gravid) limbs.
Echinococcus granulosus, also called the hydatid worm or dog tapeworm, is a cyclophyllid cestode that dwells in the small intestine of canids as an adult, but which has important intermediate hosts such as livestock and humans, where it causes cystic echinococcosis, also known as hydatid disease.
Taenia pisiformis, commonly called the rabbit tapeworm, is an endoparasitic tapeworm which causes infection in lagomorphs, rodents, and carnivores. Adult T. pisiformis typically occur within the small intestines of the definitive hosts , the carnivores.
A pair of tapeworm proglottids. Taenia taeniaeformis is a parasitic tapeworm, with cats as the primary definitive hosts. Sometime dogs can also be the definitive host. The intermediate hosts are rodents and less frequently lagomorphs (rabbits). The definitive host must ingest the liver of the intermediate host in order to acquire infection. [1]
Skin conditions in dogs are very common, so it's important to recognize the symptoms and understand the factors that cause them. Dr. Rebecca MacMillan, a vet with over 15 years of experience, says ...
Tapeworms are parasites that live in the bodies of their hosts including humans. A 38-year-old man from China was one such host -- recently having a 20-foot-long version of the parasite removed ...
To a cat, a show literally just looks like never-ending, mind numbing flickers of light. Some pets do like to watch these weird, garbled images, though. If you've got a couch potato pooch, check ...