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| − | =====[[Taenia hydatigena]]=====
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| − | =====Echinococcus granulosus=====
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| − | *Hydatid Disease
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| − | *final host
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| − | **dog, fox, and other canids
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| − | *intermediate host
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| − | **sheep most commonly affected
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| − | **ox and horses
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| − | NB: can also affect man - zoonosis
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| − | *'''hydatids''' - the cyst form
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| − | **develops from the ova
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| − | **occur in the lung and [[Liver - Anatomy & Physiology|liver]]
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| − | **cysts are usually multiple
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| − | **5-10cm in diameter
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| − | **contain a clear fluid with numerous scolices or '''"hydatid sand"'''
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| − | **the small calcified lesions that are sometimes present in the [[Liver - Anatomy & Physiology|liver]] of sheep may represent degenerate hydatid cysts
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| − | **can be very prevalent in some geographical areas[[Category:Hepatitis,_Parasitic]]
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