The excreted segments are filled with “eggs”, which are actually first stage larvae.
As it grows, segments on the tail end mature and break off, passing out of the intestine with the droppings. The tapeworm attaches itself to the wall of the intestine with the scolex. Each segment contains both male and female sexual organs. Tapeworms grow by forming new segments (called proglottids) just behind their head (scolex). Tapeworms are white or yellowish ribbon-like segmented flatworms. around 40 days, it’s difficult to found tapeworms in broiler birds.Īpart from that, in rainy season due to poor litter management & favorable conditions for growing of intermediate hosts like ant, beetles, snails & slugs etc, many broiler integrator losing their productivity in the months of Aug/September & October every year.Ĭontrol of Intermediate host is the “KEY of SUCCESS”įlatworms that infect poultry include TAPEWORMS (cestodes) and flukes (trematodes). We can see tapeworm infestation in backyard poultry, layer chicken as well as in breeder chickens too but due to short life cycle of culling in commercial broilers i.e.
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