28 Cestodes

Paul Pottinger 20/09/18

All have a head (scolex) with suckers, some have hooks

Have a neck where sections (proglottides) grow from. Proglottids have male and female organs.

Closest sections to neck immature, furthest full of eggs

28.1 Life Cycle

Adult in GI tract

Excrete eggs

Humans are the:

Definitive Hosts

Fish Tapeworm Cow tapeworm

Intermediate hosts

dog tapeworm

Both

taenia solium