Dipylidium caninum is a common tapeworm of dogs and cats, but is occasionally found in humans. It has many common names including the “flea tapeworm”, “cucumber tapeworm”, and “double-pored tapeworm”. Gravid proglottids are passed intact in the feces or emerge from the perianal region of the host .

Dipylidium caninum, also called the flea tapeworm, double-pored tapeworm, or cucumber tapeworm (in reference to the shape of its cucumber-seed-like proglottids, though these also resemble grains of rice or sesame seeds) is a cyclophyllid cestode that infects organisms afflicted with fleas and canine chewing lice, including dogs, cats, and ...

2025年2月28日 · Dipylidium caninum typically do not cause significant disease in dogs and cats, but because they are aesthetically unpleasant and may pose a zoonotic health risk, treatment is warranted. There have been reports of young puppies having intestinal impaction from massive Dipylidium caninum infections.

2023年12月19日 · Dipylidium caninum is a common tapeworm of dogs and cats in the United States and throughout the world. Dogs and cats get Dipylidium tapeworm by swallowing a flea infected with a tapeworm larvae, often while grooming themselves.

Most urban dogs and cats eat prepared foods and have restricted access to natural prey. Such animals still may acquire Dipylidium caninum (the double-pored dog tapeworm) by ingesting fleas during grooming. In many parts of the world, such infections appear to be common.

2023年6月16日 · Dipylidium caninum is a common tapeworm that primarily infects dogs and cats and, incidentally, humans. Infection occurs by accidental ingestion of fleas, or occasionally lice, containing the cysticercoid stage.

2001年1月1日 · The Common Tapeworm: Dipylidium caninum. Biology of the Parasite. The adult Dipylidium caninum lives in the small intestine of a dog or cat. It does not float around freely or travel about.

2021年3月21日 · Dipylidium caninum is a tapeworm of the small intestines of domestic dogs and cats generally found in warmer and more humid regions of Canada, such as southern coastal BC. Like all tapeworms, the parasite has an indirect life cycle, with fleas (and possibly canine chewing lice) serving as intermediate hosts.

Dipylidium caninum is a tapeworm that can cause intestinal infection in humans, which is typically asymptomatic. D. caninum, the double-pored tapeworm, may be present in dogs and cats. Fleas are the intermediate host.

Dipylidium caninum is a tapeworm that can cause intestinal infection in humans, which is typically asymptomatic. D. caninum, the double-pored tapeworm, may be present in dogs and cats. Fleas are the intermediate host.