Taenia multiceps

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Taenia multiceps
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Cestoda
Order: Cyclophyllidea
Family: Taeniidae
Genus: Taenia
Species:
T. multiceps
Binomial name
Taenia multiceps
Leske, 1780

Taenia multiceps is an intestinal tapeworm and a cause of coenurosis. [1]

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Ecology

The definitive hosts for T. multiceps are canids, while intermediate hosts are mostly cattle, although many other herbivores may serve. [2] The larval stage is called coenurus cerebralis. [3]

Pathology

The species is one of the most common causes of disease of the central nervous system of sheep in Britain. It is absent from Australia and New Zealand. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Haq, Abrar Ul; Tramboo, Shahana Riyaz; Allaie, Idrees Mehraj (2023-01-01), "Parasites in the nervous system of dogs and cats", Organ-Specific Parasitic Diseases of Dogs and Cats, Academic Press, pp. 113–139, doi:10.1016/B978-0-323-95352-8.00011-4, ISBN   978-0-323-95352-8 , retrieved 2025-12-25
  2. ↑ "CDC - DPDX - Coenurosis". 14 June 2019.
  3. ↑ Varcasia, Antonio; Tamponi, Claudia; Ahmed, Fahad; Cappai, Maria Grazia; Porcu, Francesca; Mehmood, Naunain; Dessì, Giorgia; Scala, Antonio (2022). "Taenia multiceps coenurosis: A review". Parasites & Vectors. 15 (1) 84. doi: 10.1186/s13071-022-05210-0 . PMC   8917661 . PMID   35279199.
  4. ↑ Abbott, Kym; Hynd, Philip; de Graaf, Simon; Leahy, Tamara; Larsen, John (2018). "Diseases of the Central Nervous System (CNS)". The Practice of Sheep Veterinary Medicine. University of Adelaide Press. pp. 473–88. ISBN   978-1-925261-77-6. JSTOR   j.ctvb4bssr.19.
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