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[[Image:Taenia_logo.jpg|100px|thumb|right|''Taenia saginata'' <br> Hubert Ludwig, Wikimedia Commons]]

[[Image:Taenia_logo.jpg|100px|thumb|right|''Taenia saginata'' <br> Hubert Ludwig, Wikimedia Commons]]

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| Also known as:

| Also known as:

| '''Cysticercus bovis

| '''''Cysticercus bovis<br>Beef tape worm<br>Beef measles

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'''Beef tape worm

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'''Beef measles

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==Life Cycle==

==Life Cycle==

Eggs  are past by the host, and survive on the pasture.  The oncosphere is  then ingested by the intermediate host, the cow in this case.  These  infect the striated muscle, which are visible as cysts.  Humans become  infected by ingestion of poorly cooked meat.

Eggs  are past by the host, and survive on the pasture.  The oncosphere is  then ingested by the intermediate host, the cow in this case.  These  infect the striated muscle, which are visible as cysts.  Humans become  infected by ingestion of poorly cooked meat.

[[Category:Taeniidae]][[Category:Zoonoses]]

[[Category:Taeniidae]][[Category:Zoonoses]]