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Example Species | Taenina solium |
Description | Flat, segmented worms |
Scolex | Structure than contains hook and suckers but no mouth |
Middle Segments | Contain male and female sex organs |
Distal segments | Contain eggs, which cause segment to be shed |
Life Cycle- Consumption | Human consumed infected meat and scolex of cysterci attaches it to wall of S.I |
Life Cycle- Cysticercosis | Where eggs enter the deep tissues and cause a variety of symptoms |
Life Cycle- Excretion | Segments containing eggs are shed into feces and excreted |
Life Cycle- Cattle/Pigs | Eggs in soil are taken up by cattle/pigs, and lose outer shell |
Life Cycle- Pig Intestine | Eggs hatch and hooks latch onto intestine |
Life Cycle- Pig Muscle | Worms migrate into muscle and form cysterci |
Symptoms | Usually non-specific and abdominal |
Symptoms (Cysicercosis) | Vary greatly, eye damage, cysterci calcification in muscle/brain = seizures and paralysis |
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