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== Life-Cycle ==

=== Life-Cycle ===

The final host of ''E. granulosus'' is the dog, fox or other canid. There may be several thousand adult tapeworms in an infected animal. Each adult is less than 0.5cm long with only 3 or 4 segments. The scolex is deeply buried in an intestinal crypt, so microscopic inspection of a mucosal scraping is necessary to detect infection. The prepatent period of ''E. granulosus'' is 6-7weeks. No more than one gravid segment is passed by each tapeworm each week. This species therefore has a low biotic potential. The intermediate host is infected by swallowing the eggs. These are half the size of a strongyle egg, and are morphologically indistinguishable from other taeniid eggs.

The final host of ''E. granulosus'' is the dog, fox or other canid. There may be several thousand adult tapeworms in an infected animal. Each adult is less than 0.5cm long with only 3 or 4 segments. The scolex is deeply buried in an intestinal crypt, so microscopic inspection of a mucosal scraping is necessary to detect infection. The prepatent period of ''E. granulosus'' is 6-7weeks. No more than one gravid segment is passed by each tapeworm each week. This species therefore has a low biotic potential. The intermediate host is infected by swallowing the eggs. These are half the size of a strongyle egg, and are morphologically indistinguishable from other taeniid eggs.