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== Taenia spp of the Cat ==
 
 
 
=''[[Taenia taeniaeformis]]''=
 
{{Taxobox
 
|name              = ''Taenia taeniaformis
 
|kingdom            = Animalia
 
|phylum            = Platyhelminthes
 
|class              = [[Cestodes|Cestoda]]
 
|sub-class          =
 
|order              = [[Cyclophyllidea]]
 
|super-family      =
 
|family            = [[Taeniidae]]
 
|sub-family        =
 
|genus              = Taenia
 
|species            = ''T. taeniaformis
 
}}
 
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| Also known as:
 
| '''Hydatigera taeniaeformis
 
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'''Taenia crassicollis
 
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'''Cysticercus fasciolaris
 
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'''Strobilocercus fasciolaris
 
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==Hosts==
 
'''Definitive host''':  Cats, and foxes.
 
 
 
'''Intermediate host''':  Mice, rats, rabbits, and squirrels.
 
 
 
==Identification==
 
The adult is around 70 cm, and has a large scolex.
 
 
 
==Life Cycle==
 
The eggs are past in faeces, which are ingested by the intermediate host.  The metacestode matures in the intermediate host, before being ingested by the definitive host.
 
 
 
==References==
 
 
 
Taylor, M.A, Coop, R.L., Wall,R.L. (2007) '''Veterinary Parasitology''' ''Blackwell Publishing''
 
 
 
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