Paper On Tapeworm

Tapeworms are flat segmented worms that have a head, neck, and segments called proglottids; the scientific name is Cestoda the flatworm. Animals become infected with these tapeworms from grazing in pastures that have tapeworms in the grass and from drinking water that is contaminated with the tapeworms. When Humans eat the meat from these animals raw or not cooked all of the way they become infected with the tapeworms. Humans can also become infected by drinking contaminated water. Generally the symptoms of being infected with these tapeworms in humans is so mild that they are not recognized and can easily be treated, although in some cases it can become very dangerous.

Tapeworms Diphyllobothrium Cobbold, 1858 commonly called “broad tapeworms” or “fish tapeworms,” have been known as intestinal parasites of humans for a long time.

Just last month, a deadly worm was found in not one, but four locations in the U.S. state of Florida. This worm, until recently, was documented in only twenty-one countries, most of which were island nations. Although the New Guinea Flatworm may seem as a highly dangerous predator, it is only about two inches in length and mainly targets snails for its nutrition. These worms are not harmful to humans, but they will feast on any soft creature in the soil. In order to eat snails or any critters with a hard shell, the New Guinea Flatworm latches itself onto the shell’s opening and then spits out its own stomach through the opening in its belly. This allows an acidic goo to dissolve the snail’s flesh and the worm can continue on with its meal by swallowing both its stomach and the snail.

The new guinea flatworm is from the united states of America.this worm is native to the island of New Guinea where it was originally to have been found in. You can find these worms in tropical areas,coastlands ,planted forests, riparian zones shrubs and urban areas as well.it feeds on earthworms ,slugs and arthopods. This worm can harm the snail called The Giant East African Snail. This worm also can mainly eat mollusks and it especially likes to prey on snail. To hunt for it's prey the worm deposits itself to the bottom of a cabbage leave. It also can follow snail mucus trails to find it`s trail. It also has a infectious rate at least 14.1% and this thing usually lives on cabbage leaves. This worm not only affects the whole population of animals or a specific area this worm can affect humans as

Heartworm disease can be fatal to your furry friend if it is left untreated. Foot-long worms are found living in the heart, lungs, and associated blood vessels. These worms can cause severe damage in organs as well as cause lung disease and heart failure. This disease has been found to affect dogs, cats, ferrets, wolves, coyotes, foxes, and sea lions. Which the information I learned from my research, I will be discussing the history of heartworm, what causes it, the symptoms and clinical signs, how to diagnose it, the treatment need, as well as preventing it.

When the infective larvae on the pasture are eaten by the sheep they develop in the 4th stage larvae and become adults. This stage is called the host stage as they need to live inside a host (the sheep) or the worms will die. They live inside the sheep’s abomasum during which they lay eggs and will spend the rest of their lives and the whole cycle repeats itself

For the farmers of south east QLD (Australia), Barbers Pole worm is the main worm internal parasite infecting their sheep. This is due the amount of rain and the summer heat. Due to the weather and the climate of south east QLD, makes it the perfect environment for the Barbers Pole worm to infect the sheep. The Barbers pole life cycle is as so, once the barbers pole worm has laid its eggs in the stomach of the sheep, (barbers pole worm can lay up to 10,000 eggs per day), the worm eggs move through the digestive track and are mixed in this the fesses, the fesses are pooped out and into the land, the eggs hatch within 4-10 days, they will hatch faster in hot climate and slower in cold. Once the eggs have hatched they begin to feed on the bacteria

Tapeworms are parasites that can live in your intestines. When a tapeworm lives inside of you, it is called a parasitic infection. An adult tapeworm can grow very long and can live inside of a human for many years.

The mealworm is the larva of the mealworm beetle which is a specie of darkling beetle (Animals.mom.me, 2016). The darkling beetle has a metamorphic life cycle that begins with an egg hatching into a small mealworm over a four week period (Sandhyarani, 2016). The second life stage of a darkling beetle is the larva stage where the egg will hatch into a small brown mealworm that eats and grows for about eight to ten weeks till its next stage as a darkling beetle pupa (Sandhyarani, 2016). The larva stage of a darkling beetle is the stage in which the mealworms will be investigated. The mealworm will then enter the pupa stage during one of its shell sheds causing the mealworm to

•Spread hydatid tapeworm – hydatid tapeworm are a risk to human health and cause livestock production

The whipworm is a parasitic worm that acquired it name due to its shape of a whip. Whipworms cause infections called trichuriasis. Trichuriasis is a type of infection that occurs in the large intestines. The infection occurs most commonly in children and develops after ingestion of water or dirt.that is contaminated with feces. Soil can become contaminated with whipworm eggs through contaminated feces that are used in fertilizers. The contaminated fertilizer can then infect lawns or lawns can become infected when infected animals of humans relieve themselves outside. Contact with the feces can infect anyone who is exposed to it. Symptoms of a whipworm infection include, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain,headaches, unexpected weight loss, painful bowel movements, incontinence, and bloody diarrhea.

Four stages of this parasite have been identified the first stage is the penetration phase which is day 1-17 during this stage the larvae moves into the body of the animal and moves to the lungs. The second stage which is the prepatent phase which is day 8-25

When it comes to the reproduction of the roundworm, the female is bigger than the male. When they mate, females will lay up to 200,000 eggs per day . The affected host will only hold 5,000. The eggs can be found in human feces and or contaminated water. The remaining eggs will be hatched in the intestine. When the host gets infected by the skin, the worm will find an blood vessel and makes it way to the respiratory system. It will then makes it way to throat were the host will swallow them and go through the digestive system and will end up the intestine

Parasites are living organisms that survive through other organs in the body. Although some parasites may not affect the body that they are surviving off of, other parasites can affect a body so much that it can make the person really sick. There are many different ways to get a parasitic infection. For example, a parasitic infection can spread through water, soil, waste, food and sexual contact with someone who is already infected. Once one is infected then the parasite can multiply causing damage to the organs and the rest of the

Once inside the human the worms begin to create nodules within the human’s skin. These nodules are obstructions causing bumps and lacerations beneath the skins surface. As the eggs are released they begin to travel throughout the subcutaneous layer of the host’s skin (Figure 4) causing their immune system to react (Gonzales et al. 2009), this reaction causes the bodily mutilation that is associated with river blindness. The disease may range mild (dermatitis) to severe (visual impairment and blindness).