tapeworms
Segmented gut parasites
Tapeworms is the plural of tapeworm, a parasitic flatworm that lives in the intestines of humans and other animals.
Tapeworms attach to the intestinal wall and absorb nutrients from their host, sometimes growing to considerable length.
Infection typically comes from eating undercooked meat containing larvae: The pork was contaminated with tapeworms.
Divided into sections
- scolexTapeworm's attachment structure
- hooksCurved catching devices
- suckersEasily fooled people
- flatwormCompressed soft-bodied invertebrate
hermaphroditic · lifecycle · eggs · larvae · intestinal · ribbon-like · attachment · absorb
Insufficiently heated protein
- porkPig as food
- beefBovine meat for eating
- fishGilled aquatic vertebrate
- contaminationIntroduction of impurities
fecal-oral · hygiene · sanitation · raw · larvae · cysts · ingestion · water
Domesticated barking mammals
- catsSmall domesticated felines
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- pigsDomesticated farm swine
sheep · fleas · dewormer · hydatid · infestation · pets · grazing · offal
Pathogen invasion causing illness
- symptomsIndicators of disease
- abdominal painDiscomfort in the belly
- weight lossReduction in body mass
- diarrheaFrequent liquid bowel movements
diagnosis · stool sample · treatment · deworming · nausea · weakness · segments · expelled
segmented
Divided into sections
flatworm · hermaphroditic · lifecycle · eggs · larvae · intestinal · ribbon-like · attachment · absorb · nutrients
undercooked meat
Insufficiently heated protein
contamination · fecal-oral · hygiene · sanitation · raw · larvae · cysts · ingestion · water · food safety
dogs
Domesticated barking mammals
- catsSmall domesticated felines
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
pigs · sheep · fleas · dewormer · hydatid · infestation · pets · grazing · offal · slaughter
infection
Pathogen invasion causing illness
- symptomsIndicators of disease
- abdominal painDiscomfort in the belly
- weight lossReduction in body mass
diarrhea · diagnosis · stool sample · treatment · deworming · nausea · weakness · segments · expelled · neurocysticercosis
- flatwormsflatworm, flatworms, planarian, planarians, fluke
- Tapewormsscolex, hooks, sucker, holdfast, metacestode
- animalscat, dog, bird, fish, cow
- invertebratesinvertebrate, arthropod, arthropods, mollusk, crustacean
- parasitesroundworm, pinworm, hookworm, fleas, tick
- pestsants, ant, bugs, cockroach, cockroaches
tapewormsprobiotics
Live microorganisms aiding digestion
mutualists · symbionts · symbiotes · gut microbiome · intestinal flora
- tapeworm dietWeight loss through deliberate infection
- pork tapewormParasitic flatworm from swine