Davainea proglottina

DAVAINEA PROGLOTTINA

Common name Dwarf tapeworm of poultry
Host
Fowls
Location
Duodenum
Slugs, snails
Intermediate stage
Cysticercoid
Adult
  • Small and most pathogenic.
  • 4-9 proglottids only.
  • Rostellum armed with a single row of hooks (80-94).
  • Suckers are armed with several rows of hooks.
  • Single set of genitalia with regularly alternating genital pore.
  • Large cirrus sac extending upto half the length of the segment.
  • Relatively few testes.
  • Single egg in parenchyma

Last modified: Tuesday, 19 June 2012, 9:57 AM