Multiceps multiceps
Life cycle Multiceps multiceps
Common
name: Gid, sturdy, staggers
Predilection
site: Brain and spinal cord (intermediate hosts); small
intestine (final hosts)
Definitive
hosts: Dog, fox, coyote, jackal
Intermediate
hosts: Sheep, goat, cattle, deer, pig, horse, man
Eggs come out with dog faeces →Ingested by intermediate host with contaminated feedstuff →Eggs hatch in the intestine of the intermediate host → oncospheres are released and passes through the intestinal wall into the blood or lymph. → that circulate in blood until they lodge in suitable organs (including skeletal muscle, eyes, brain and subcutaneous tissue) → metacestode (Coénurus cerebralis) develop in the brain or spinal cord (larvae in other tissues fail to complete their development) → maturation take place and develop to fluid containing cyst with several hundred protoscolices (6-8 months) Final host become infected by ingestion of the bladder worms containing goat brain or spinal cord and all or most of the fully formed heads develop into tapeworm.
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