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{{Taxobox

{{Taxobox

|name              =''Dipylidium caninum

|name              =''Dipylidium caninum

|phylum            =Platyhelminthes

|phylum            =Platyhelminthes

|class              =[[Cestodes|Cestoda]]

|class              =[[Cestodes|Cestoda]]

|sub-class          =Cyclophyllidea

|sub-class          =[[Cyclophyllidea]]

|order              =

|order              =

|super-family      =

|super-family      =

|species            ='''''D. caninum'''''

|species            ='''''D. caninum'''''

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}}

 

[[Image:Dipylidium caninum.jpg|thumb|right|150px|''Dipylidium caninum'' - Taenia of Dogs and Cats Joaquim Castellà Veterinary Parasitology Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona]]

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Also known as: '''''Double-pored tapeworm — Cucumber seed tapeworm

| Also known as:

| '''Double-pored tapeworm

'''Cucumber seed tapeworm

==Introduction==

==Introduction==

The '''oncospheres''' are within the egg packets.  These are ingested by the intermediate host.  They develop into '''cysticercoids''', which is infective by the time that metamorphosis is complete.

The '''oncospheres''' are within the egg packets.  These are ingested by the intermediate host.  They develop into '''cysticercoids''', which is infective by the time that metamorphosis is complete.

Complete development in the intermediate hosts lasts around 1 month.  The final host is infected via ingestion of the flea or louse, containing the cysticercoid.

Complete development in the intermediate hosts lasts around 1 month.  The final host is infected via ingestion of the [[Fleas|flea]] or [[Lice|louse]], containing the cysticercoid.

 

 

 

 

[[Category:Cyclophyllidea]]

[[Category:Cyclophyllidea]]

 

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