pores opening from side to side in adjacent proglottids. The gravid segment
contains the uterus with five to 14 lateral branches. The egg is spherical, 81 to
48 um, with radially-striated shells, and oncosphere with hooks.
Taenia saginata (beef tapeworm)
Adults measure five to 26 meters long. There are approximately 1000 to
2000 broad segments with genital pores and follicles. The uterus has 15 to 20
lateral branches. The scolex contains four prominent suckers but without a well-
developed rostellum and hooks. The ova cannot be distinguished from the ova
of Taenia solium.
The Life Cycle of Taenia spp.
(The Pork and Beef Tapeworms of Humans)
‘Eggs (or proglottids containing
ess) are passed in the host's fecesNames Section: |
e ‘ection:
| Date Performed:
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At the end of the experiment, the students will be able to
describe the most commonly encountered cestodes; and
describe the cestode’s life cycle, encompassing its transmis
the diseases it causes and the preventive meas!
application,
Prepared slides of é
Diphyllobothrium latum (gr
_ Taenia solium (scolex, prog!
a saginata (ripe or §
‘hinococeus granulosus: