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common name for cestodes

Echinococcus granulosus

Taenia hydatigena and Taenia taenia ovis

echinococcus

contain the eggs of a tapeworm

Taenia pisiformis

what is the scientific name for the "head"?

Echinococcus spp. also called...

is echinococcus spp zoonotic?

taenia taeniaeformis

Alveolar Hydatid Disease

what is the scientific name for the "body"?

most common tapeworm in dogs and cats

Taenia solium

prepatent period for dipylidium caninum

Echinococcus multilocularis

How do animals get infected by dipylidium caninum?

canine tapeworm carried by rabbits

scolex

cats

dogs

the tiny tapeworm

14-21 days

dog tapeworm from ingesting infected ruminants

a cat tapeworm carried by rodents such as rats and mice

proglottids

tapeworm

dipylidium caninum

ingesting infected fleas

pork tapeworm

strobila

YES!