CESTODA

CESTODA
MORPHOLOGY :
• Hermaphrodite
• Endoparasite with an elongate flat body and
without a body cavity or alimentary canal
• The body consist of a head or scolex-this is
usually followed by a short unsegmented portion
called neck and the body (strobila)
• The body or strobila consist of a number of
segments or proglottids.Each proglottid contains
1 or 2 sets reproductive organs
• The scolex is usually globular and In the
Eucestoda, normally provided with four
suckers (acetabula)
• The suckers may armed with hooks
• A protusible part, the rostellum, often
armed, may be present
• In the Cotyloda, the scolex may lack true
holdfast organs or may have long, narrow,
weakly muscular grooves (bothria) on the
scolex
• Embrynation : Cotyloda eggs~ Trematoda
eggs having operculum.
• Larvae stage ~ oncosphere  coracidium.

Cestoda Larvae
Types of Metacestode
TAXONOMY
• Phyllum : Platyhelminthes
• Class : Eucestoda
• Ordo : Davaineidea
• Family : Davaineidae
Morphology:
• Adults are microscopic (0,5-3 mm) with
only 4-9 proglottids
• The rostellum and suckers are armed
with hooks
• Genital pores alternate regularly
• The eggs (28-40 m in diameter) lie singly
in parenchymatous capsules in the gravid
proglottid
Genus Raillietina
Species Raillietina tetragona
• Occurs in the posterior half of the the

small intestine of the chicken, guenia
fowl, pigeon and other birds.
• Cosmopolite distribution
• It’s one of the largest of the fowl
tapeworms.
MORPHOLOGY
• The adult worms reach up to 25 cm in length
• The scolex is smaller than that of
R echinobothrida
• The rostellum is armed with one or two rows of
hooks
• The suckers are oval and armed
• The genital pores are usually unilateral and the
eggs are found in egg capsules each containing
6-12 eggs
• The eggs are 25-50 m in diameter
The Life cycle of Raillietina sp.
LIFE CYCLE
• Cysticercoids occur in ants of the genera
Pheidole and Tetramorium
• The prepatent period in the chicken is 13

days to 3 weeks.
Raillietina echinobothrida
• Also occurs in the small intestine of the

chicken and turkey in the most part of the
world.
• In the shape and size it resembles
R. tetragona
• It is distinguished by a more heavily
armed rostellum with 2 rows of hooks and
the suckers are circular in outline
LIFE CYCLE
• The ants Tetramorium sp and

Pheidole sp
serve as intermediate host
• The prepatent period is 20 days

Raillietina cesticillus
• This worm is very common throughout the
world in domestic poultry.
• It is 4 cm, rarely 15 cm, long.
• It has a large scolex with a wide rostellum
armed with 400-500 small hooks
• The sucker are inconspicuous and unarmed.
• The eggs 75-88 m in diameter, occur in egg
capsule
LIFE CYCLE
• The intermediate hosts are : beetles of genus
Calathus, Amara, Pterostichus, Bradycellus,
Harpalus, Poecilus, Zabrus etc
• Development in the fowl takes 20 days

TAXONOMY
• Ordo : Anoplocephalidea
• Family : Anoplocephalidae
• Genus : Moniezia
• Species : Moniezia expansa
Moniezia benedeni
Family: Anoplocephalidae
• General characters:
 Rostellum & hooks ⊝

 Usually proglotids are boarder than
length
 Hermaprodit
Family: Anoplocephalidae ……
• Egg:
 Outside layer : vitteline membrane
 Middle layer : albuminous membrane
 Inside layer : chitine membrane
• The eggs containing a well developed pyriform

apparatus
• Intermediate Host: mites family Oribatidae

Moniezia expansa
• Habitat : small intestine

• Definitive host : sheep, goat, cattle and
several other ruminants in the most parts
of the world
• The testes are distributed throughout the
central field
• At the posterior border of each proglottid there
is a row of a rosette-like interproglototidal
glands extend almost across the width of the
proglottid
• The uterus become sac-like when filled the eggs
• The eggs are somewhat triangular shape,
containing a well developed pyriform
apparatus, measure 56-67 m in diameter
M. expansa
M. benedeni
Moniezia benedeni
• Occurs in ruminants, chiefly cattle, and
differs from M.expansa in being broader
(up to 2,6 cm) and having the
interproglotidal glands arranged in a
short, continous row close to mid-line of
segment
• The eggs are somewhat quadrangular

shape and the measure up to 75 m in
diameter
Moniezia Life Cycle
TAXONOMY
• Ordo : Dilepididea
• Family : Dipylidiidae
• Genus : Dipylidium
• Species : Dipylidium caninum
Genus Amoebotaenia
Species A sphenoides
Habitat & Def host: small intestine of domestic fowl
Morphology :
• It is small, up to 4 mm long, roughly triangular
shape
• The rostellum is armed
• The genital pores usually alternate irregularly at
the extreme anterior end of the proglottid
margin
• The uterus is sac-like and slightly lobed
The life cycle of D. caninum
The life cycle of Diphyllobothrium sp
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CESTODA

• Larvae stage ~ oncosphere  coracidium.

• Occurs in the posterior half of the the

• The prepatent period in the chicken is 13

• Also occurs in the small intestine of the

• The ants Tetramorium sp and

• The prepatent period is 20 days

• Development in the fowl takes 20 days

 Rostellum & hooks ⊝

• The eggs containing a well developed pyriform

• Intermediate Host: mites family Oribatidae

• Habitat : small intestine

• The eggs are somewhat quadrangular

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