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  2. Cat worm infections - Wikipedia

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    Tapeworm members of the fish tapeworm. Cats are also a less suitable final host for the fish tapeworm (diphyllobothrium latum). It grows in cats up to 1.5 m. long and 2 cm wide. The fish tapeworm requires two intermediate hosts: in the first , the procercoid, which is infectious to mammals, forms in the abdominal cavity and muscle of fish.

  3. Dipylidium caninum - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. Taenia taeniaeformis - Wikipedia

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    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]

  5. Effects of parasitic worms on the immune system - Wikipedia

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    The effects of parasitic worms, or helminths, on the immune system is a recently emerging topic of study among immunologists and other biologists. Experiments have involved a wide range of parasites, diseases, and hosts. The effects on humans have been of special interest.

  6. Spirometra - Wikipedia

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    Spirometra is a genus of pseudophyllid cestodes that reproduce in canines and felines, but can also cause pathology in humans if infected. [3] As an adult, this tapeworm lives in the small intestine of its definitive host and produces eggs that pass with the animal's feces.

  7. Taenia pisiformis - Wikipedia

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    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.

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