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