Dipylidium caninum Multiceps multiceps

Other name Taenia multiceps

Common Dog tapeworm or
name double-pored tapeworm Common Gid worm, Dog sheep tapeworm
Cucumber tapeworm name
Pumpkin seed tapeworm Final Host Dogs and other canines
Flea tapeworm Habitat Small intestine
Habitat Small intestine Intermediate Herbivores (sheep), man
Final host Dogs, cats host
Accidental Man Accidental IH Huamn
host Infective Coenurus
Intermediate  Ctenocephalides canis Stage
host-harbors (dog flea) MOT Ingestion of herbivores
cysticercoid  Ctenocephalides felis Disease GID DISEASE, COENUROSIS
(cat flea) Manifestation -Organs affected: eyes, brain
 Pulex irritans (human -Neurologic defects or blindness
flea) Treatment Surgery
 Trichodectes canis (dog ADULT WORM
louse) Characteristic Pear-shaped scolex with 2 rows of
Infective IS tp the FH: Cysticercoid 22-30 hooks
stage larva Proglottids
IS to the IH: Embryonated Characteristic 1 lateral genital pore
egg EGGS
Mode of Ingestion of IH containing Characteristic Similar to Taenia eggs
transmission cysticercoid larva
Pathogenesis  Usually asymptomatic
 Slight intestinal
discomfort
 Epigastric pain
 Diarrhea
 Anal pruritis
 Some allergic reaction
 Dipylidiasis in human is
accidental
Diagnosis Stool exam
-(egg capsules-rarely
recovered from stool)
-Recovery of the proglottids
in stool or perianal area
Treatment Praziquantel
OVA
Morphology  8-25 thin-shelled eggs in
egg packets
 Released by contraction of
proglottid
 Spherical
 Thin-shelled
 With hexacanth embryo
ADULT WORM
Scolex
Shape Pale reddish color, Small
and globular
Size 15-18 cm
Rostellum Conical and retractile rostellum,
armed with 1-7 rows of rose-
thorn shaped hooklets
Suckers with four deeply cupped suckers
(acetabula)
Proglottids
Shape Pumpin seed/cucumber shaped,
vase-shaped segments
Length Proglottids are narrow
10-70cm in length, longer than
wide
Sets of rep. two sets of male and female
organs reproductive organs and
bilateral genital pores (that is
why they are called double-pored
tapeworm)
Gravid Melon seed or pumpkin seed
Proglottid shaped, filled with egg
capsules/egg packets
Capsules or contains 8-15 eggs enclosed in
Packets embryonic membrane