General Parasitology and Helminthology: Dipylidium caninum

Dipylidium caninum

Common name	Double pored dog tapeworm. It also occurs in man and cat.
Location	Small intestine
I/H	Dog flea: (Ctenocephalides canis), Dog lice: Trichodectes canis and Heterodoxus spiniger)
Metacestode stage	Cysticercoid

Morphology

Retractable rostellum armed with three or four rows of rose thorn shaped hooks.
Each segment contains two sets of genital organ.
Vitelline glands and ovary form a mass on either side resembling a bunch of grapes.
In the gravid segment uterus are replaced by egg capsule or egg packets.
Egg packets contain 30 eggs per packet. Gravid segments are elongate and oval in shape resembling cucumber seed shape.


Scolex	Mature Segments	Egg Packets

Last modified: Tuesday, 19 June 2012, 7:24 AM

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

Dipylidium caninum

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