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Created page with '*the most important species *final host **dog **alimentary tract *intermediate host **ruminant, horse, or pig *life cycle is completed when the carnivore eats the tissues of the …'
*the most important species
*final host
**dog
**alimentary tract
*intermediate host
**ruminant, horse, or pig
*life cycle is completed when the carnivore eats the tissues of the intermediate host containing the cysts
*the intermediate stage - Cysticercus tennuicollis
**fluid filled cysts on the surface of the [[Liver - Anatomy & Physiology|liver]] and in the [[Peritoneal cavity - Anatomy & Physiology|peritoneal cavity]]
NB: other Taenia species have muscle and brain as preferred sites in the intermediate hosts
Some can infect humans - zoonoses
[[Category:Liver Cestodes]][[Category:Taeniidae]]
*final host
**dog
**alimentary tract
*intermediate host
**ruminant, horse, or pig
*life cycle is completed when the carnivore eats the tissues of the intermediate host containing the cysts
*the intermediate stage - Cysticercus tennuicollis
**fluid filled cysts on the surface of the [[Liver - Anatomy & Physiology|liver]] and in the [[Peritoneal cavity - Anatomy & Physiology|peritoneal cavity]]
NB: other Taenia species have muscle and brain as preferred sites in the intermediate hosts
Some can infect humans - zoonoses
[[Category:Liver Cestodes]][[Category:Taeniidae]]