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Taenia is the type
genus of the
Taeniidae family of
tapeworms (a type of helminth). It
includes some
important parasites of livestock.
Members of the genus...
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Taenia solium, the pork tapeworm,
belongs to the
cyclophyllid cestode family Taeniidae. It is
found throughout the
world and is most
common in countries...
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Taenia saginata (synonym
Taeniarhynchus saginatus),
commonly known as the beef tapeworm, is a
zoonotic tapeworm belonging to the
order Cyclophyllidea and...
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taenia or
Taenia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Taenia or
tænia, from Gr**** ταινία (tainía) and
Latin taenia (both
meaning 'tape' or 'ribbon')...
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Taenia pisiformis,
commonly called the
rabbit tapeworm, is an
endoparasitic tapeworm which causes infection in lagomorphs, rodents, and carnivores. Adult...
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Taenia asiatica,
commonly known as
Asian taenia or
Asian tapeworm, is a
parasitic tapeworm of
humans and pigs. It is one of the
three species of Taenia...
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descending colon and
sigmoid colon the
positions of
these bands are fixed. The
taenia libera, is
placed anteriorly in the cae****, ascending,
descending and sigmoid...
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Taenia taeniaeformis is a
parasitic tapeworm, with cats as the
primary definitive hosts.
Sometime dogs can also be the
definitive host. The intermediate...
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Taenia hydatigena (thin-necked bladderworm,
causative agent of cysticercosis) is one of the
adult forms of the
canine and
feline tapeworm. This infection...
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spined loach (Cobitis
taenia) is a
common freshwater fish in Europe. It is
sometimes known as
spotted weather loach, not to be
confused with the "typical"...
