VPA 211: General Veterinary Parasitology and Helminthology (3+1)

AVITELLINA LAHOREA

Host

• Commonly occur in sheep and goats.

Location

• Small intestine.

Morphology

• 3 m in length. Segments are short and cylindrical and at the posterior end segmentation is not clear. Each proglottid contains single set of reproductive organ. The genital pore opens irregularly alternate.
• In the gravid segment eggs are passed into the par uterine organ (thick walled sac like organ).
• The par uterine organ resembles snail shell.
• Pyriform apparatus is absent.

Life cycle

• Psocid (Blook lice) act as a I/H.

Pathogenesis and treatment

• Similar to Moniezia.