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Etiology
Monieza, cystcercus bovis, hydatid (ruminants +human cysts are intermediate stage of echnococcus granulosus and final host is dog), cystercus tenuicollis (ballon fluid filled cysts where ruminant is intermediate host and final host is dog) , coenuriasis
Species affected
Cattle, sheep, goats and camels
Transmission
Animals may be infected by ingesting tapeworm eggs leading to larvae developing in their muscles, humans get infected by eating raw meat containing larvae. They have an indirect life cycle. The animal having the adult tapeworm is known as the final host, while that having the juvenile/young stages is the intermediate host
Pathogenesis
Some attach on intestinal wall causing enteritis and subsequent diarrhea
Clinical signs
Extended stomach, dullness, poor growth and diarrhea
Diagnosis
Tapeworm segments in feces,
Treatment and control
Treat by broad spectrum dewormers
Control is based on breaking the life-cycle or on drug treatment of the adult infection in the final host
Kavungya answered the question on May 6, 2019 at 09:13
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