Raillietina tetragona

RAILLIETINA TETRAGONA

Common name Largest poultry tapeworm
Host Chicken, pigeon and guinea fowl
Location Posterior half of the small intestine
I/H Ants. (Pheidole spp. and Tetramorium spp.)

Morphology

  • Adults are up to 25 cm in length. Scolex is smaller than the R.echinobothridia. Rostellum is armed with 1 to 2 rows of hooks. Suckers are oval in shape and armed with hooks.
  • Each segment has single set of reproductive organs genital pore opens unilaterally.
  • Each egg capsule contains 6 to 12 eggs.
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