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Do acids in your stomach kill tapeworms?
No, stomach acids do not kill tapeworms. Tapeworms are adapted to the environment of the alimentary canal; if they were not, there would be no tapeworms.
Why don't tapeworms die out with medication?
Because of environmental contamination. Tapeworms shed eggs into the environment and those eggs then turn into the next generation of tapeworms. Treatment of tapeworms with medication only kill the adult tapeworms currently residing in that animal, but the environment and other animals remain a source of eggs and adult tapeworms.
How do tapeworms excrete?
Adult tapeworms "feed" by absorbing their nutrients through the cuticle from their immediate environment and excrete waste products by the same route
How can a dog act as an environment?
Dogs act as an environment for many parasites such as fleas, ticks, lice, tapeworms, roundworms and bacteria.
Can guinea pigs get tapeworms?
Yes. Pigs not living in a sterile environment can transfer tapeworms as well as other worms through their feces. To prevent this, clean the pigs' pen constantly, and if one or more seems to show symptoms of having worms, immediately administer a dewormer to all the pigs.
Are tapeworms and ringworms the same?
Tapeworms are a kind of flatworm. Most flatworms are not tapeworms.
Tapeworms can reproduce by fission or budding?
Tapeworms reproduce sexually by producing eggs that are released into the environment with the host's feces. These eggs must be ingested by an intermediate host, such as a flea or a mouse, before they can develop into infective larvae. Once inside the intermediate host, the larvae can develop into adult tapeworms and complete their life cycle.
Are Tapeworms and pseudo-tapeworms in the same Phylum?
Tapeworms are of the class Cestoda of the phylum Platyhelminthes.
Are tapeworms in cookie dough?
Yes tapeworms are in cookiedough but you have a very small chance of getting tapeworms from eating it...
Which term refers to the killing of tapeworms?
TAPEWORMS
Are tapeworms useful to humans?
No. tapeworms are pest to humans.
Can a tapeworm crawl?
Tapeworms do not have any other means of movement, and they do move from point to point, albeit not very effectively if placed in an unobstructed environment.
