Taenia multiceps

TAENIA MULTICEPS

Host Dog and wild carnivores
Location Small intestine
I/H Sheep and Goats
Metacestode stage Coenurus cerebralis

Morphology

  • Adults are upto 40 to 100 cm in length. In the gravid segment, uterus has 14 to 20 lateral branches.
  • Metacestode stage occurs in the brain and spinal cord, sometimes in goats, it may occur in s/c tissue.
  • The species that occur in goats is considered as a separate spp. Taenia gaigeri .
Last modified: Friday, 23 September 2011, 10:42 AM