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Greek: anoplon = unarmed: kephale = head.
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This family of tapeworms contains several genera with a variety of species. Several of them are important parasites of farmed animals.
Species |
Hosts |
Distribution |
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Anoplocephala species |
Horses, donkeys, equids |
Worldwide |
Ruminants |
Southern Europe, Asia, Africa |
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Bertiella species |
Monkeys, humans |
Worldwide |
Rabbits |
Worldwide |
|
Pigeons, doves |
Worldwide |
|
Moniezia species |
Ruminants |
Worldwide |
Equids |
Worldwide |
|
Ruminants |
Europe, Asia, Africa |
|
Ruminants |
Europe, Asia, Africa |
|
Ruminants |
South, North America |
The adults which have four suckers, but no rostellum and hooks, live in the intestine of their vertebrate host, while oribatid mites are involved as intermediate hosts, which contain the cysticercoid larvae. Symptoms of diseasewere described as: diarrheas, retarded growth or...
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Mehlhorn, H. (2015). Anoplocephalidae. In: Mehlhorn, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Parasitology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27769-6_3623-1
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