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'''[[Cestodes Flascards]]
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'''[[Trematodes Flashcards]]
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'''[[Nematode Flashcards]]
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'''[[Cattle Nematode Flashcards]]
==<font color="purple">Cestodes</font>==
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'''[[Small Ruminant Nematodes Flashcards]]
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'''[[Horse Nematode Flashcards]]</big>
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|<big>'''Fill in the missing words about cestodes'''
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[[Category:Parasite Flashcards]][[Category:Helminths]]
||<big>A cestode (tapeworm) is a chain (<font color="white">'''''strobila'''''</font>) of progressively maturing reproductive units called <font color="white">'''''proglottids'''''</font> anchored at one end to the intestinal wall by a hold-fast organ called the <font color="white">'''''scolex'''''</font>.
 
||[[Cyclophyllidea#Structure and Function|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
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|<big>'''What species of Taenia occur in dogs?'''
 
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*'''''Taenia ovis'''''
 
*'''''Taenia hydatigena'''''
 
*'''''Taenia pisiformis'''''
 
*'''''Taenia multiceps'''''
 
*'''''Taenia serialis'''''
 
||[[Taenia#Introduction|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
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|<big>'''Describe the features of a cysticercus'''
 
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*'''''Fluid filled bladder, containing a single invaginated head (protoscolex) - seen as a white blob on the wall of the cyst'''''
 
||[[Cyclophyllidea#Life-Cycle|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
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|<big>'''In which host(s) would you expect to find the cysticercus of ''T. hydatigena'' and where in the host might it be found?'''
 
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*'''''Sheep (mostly)''''''
 
*'''''Cattle'''''
 
*'''''Pigs'''''
 
*'''''Found in the peritoneal cavity
 
||[[Taenia#Structure and Function|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
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|<big>'''What is the difference between a coenurus and a cysticercus?'''
 
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*'''''A coenurus is a fluid filled bladder with multiples (dozens) of inverted scolices attached to the wall'''''
 
*'''''Whereas the cysticercus  has only a single inverted scolex.'''''
 
||[[Cyclophyllidea#Life-Cycle|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
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|<big>'''How does the distribution of hydatid cysts differ in sheep, horses and humans?'''
 
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*'''''Sheep = most are in the lungs with smaller numbers in the liver'''''
 
*'''''Horses = nearly all are in the liver'''''
 
*'''''Humans = most are in the liver, with some in the lungs and a few elsewhere'''''
 
||[[Insecta#Simple Metamorphosis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
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|<big>'''What tapeworms occur in the cat?'''
 
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*'''''Taenia taeniaeformis'''''
 
*'''''Dipylidium'''''
 
||[[Insecta#Complex Metamorphosis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
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|<big>'''Why is it so difficult to prevent many cats from becoming re-infected with ''T.  taeniaeformis''?'''
 
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*'''''The intermediate hosts are mice and other small mammals that are hunted'''''
 
||[[Insecta#Simple Metamorphosis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
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|<big>'''Where in the host (horse) would you expect to find ''Anoplocephala''?'''
 
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*'''''Ileo-caecal junction'''''
 
||[[Insecta#Complex Metamorphosis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
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|<big>'''Why are ''Anoplocephala'' eggs rarely seen on routine faecal examination?'''
 
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*'''''They are dense structures and do not always float in the flotation media used in routine diagnosis'''''
 
||[[Insecta#Complex Metamorphosis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
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|<big>'''Why is it so difficult to prevent grazing horses from becoming re-infected with ''Anoplocephala''?'''
 
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*'''''The intermediate hosts are ubiquitous free-living pasture mites'''''
 
||[[Insecta#Complex Metamorphosis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
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|<big>'''Describe the appearance of ''Moniezia'''''
 
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*'''''Long tapeworm (up to 2m)'''''
 
*'''''Segments much wider than they are long'''''
 
||[[Insecta#Complex Metamorphosis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
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|<big>'''Why is ''T. solium'' more dangerous to human health than ''T. saginata''?'''
 
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*'''''If T. solium eggs get into the human small intestine, they will hatch and cysticerci can establish in the musculature and CNS. This does not happen with T. saginata.'''''
 
||[[Insecta#Complex Metamorphosis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
 
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