how they are transmitted,the symptoms, and how to treat this infection of tapeworms. Oriental Material A.The classification and form of host 1.Tapeworms, name for the parasitic flatworms are classified in the phylum Platyhelminthes, class Cestoda(Tapeworm,2013,1). 2.“The curious life cycle of these gutless parasites generally involves two hosts--an intermediate host (typically a herbivore) and a definitive or final-stage host (typically a carnivore)”(Hickey, 2002,1). B. Tapeworm explanation
The cestodes, or better known as tapeworms are a class of parasitic flatworms, classified under phylum platyhelminthes. There are three major species of tapeworms: taenia saginata (beef tapeworm), taenia solium (pork tapeworm) and diphyllobothriasis (fish tapeworm). All these species of tapeworms are acquired by humans in consumption of raw, undercooked or smoke contaminated meat or fish (John, 2006). Tapeworms are considered humanity’s largest intestinal inhabitant. They each have a scolex or head
The tapeworm is a pathogen. This pathogen is called a tapeworm because of its structure. Its body structure is as thin as tape and looks as if it was a worm. Considered by its name tape worm. It has sucking grooves on its head to cling to your intestines. The tapeworm has a reproductive system that is a male and female reproductive system. The tape worm can grow up to 50 feet long if it has lived in its host for 20 years. It eats the food you eat so that it can survive. The tapeworm can be transmitted
Abstract This paper will go into depth on the life-cycle of the Taenia saginata parasite in its host(s), commonly known as the beef tapeworm, including how the parasite is contracted, the pathophysiology of the disease once in the host, the epidemiology of the disease where and who it affects, the signs and symptoms of the host and if any, the medicines required to recover from this intestinal infection. Taenia saginata, commonly known as the Beef Tapeworm, is an intestinal parasite that resides
Tapeworms and their involvement with humans goes back millions of years with the first identifiable case being in 1853 by Von Siebold. Humans have only recently however discovered there parasites with the first during our short time on earth we have acquired around 300 species of tapeworms (Hoberg). Contrary to popular belief it has been discovered that African hominids caught these parasites through scavenging around two million years ago and they then passed them on to domesticated cattle and pigs
body wall. Nonparasitic forms have a simple, incomplete gut, even this is lacking in many parasitic species. Most types of flatworms are called Parasitic tapeworms and flukes. Examples of Animals in Phylum: Tapeworms(parasitic) Tapeworms, Class Cestoda, are creatures that live as mature organisms that live on a host. These hosts include cats, dogs, cows, whales, and humans. Human hosts usually occur when uncooked, infected meat is eaten, or by ingesting the eggs. Human infection with a common dog
because it has a head. It is different from the Cnidarians because it is has three body layers or in other words it is triploblastic. It has an endoderm, mesoderm, and ectoderm. This animal displays four classes: Turbellaria, Monogenea, Trematoda, and Cestoda. Back to the main idea of the Platyhelminthes, the head directs the animal around its environment, and controls the sensory structures. It has a top dorsal and bottom ventral on their body structure. Some characteristics that are identified with the