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{{Taxobox
|name = ''Taenia multiceps
|name = ''Taenia multiceps
==Hosts==
==Hosts==
'''Definitive host''': Dogs and foxes.
'''Definitive host''': Canids.
'''Intermediate host''': Cattle, sheep, pig, horses and man.
'''Intermediate host''': Sheep.
==Identification==
==Identification==
The intermediate host is infected via ingestion of the parasite eggs. These eggs hatch in the small intestine. The parasite the migrates to the spinal cord and brain via the blood stream. The definitive host becomes infected when it eats the spinal cord, or brain of the intermediate host.
The intermediate host is infected via ingestion of the parasite eggs. These eggs hatch in the small intestine. The parasite the migrates to the spinal cord and brain via the blood stream. The definitive host becomes infected when it eats the spinal cord, or brain of the intermediate host.
==Literature Search==
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|literature search = [http://www.cabdirect.org/search.html?q=title:(%22Taenia+multiceps%22)+OR+title:(%22Multiceps+multiceps%22)+OR+(%22Coenurus+cerebralis%22) ''Taenia multiceps'' publications]
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==References==
Taylor, M.A, Coop, R.L., Wall,R.L. (2007) '''Veterinary Parasitology''' ''Blackwell Publishing''
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