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dipy·lid·i·um can·inum
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Dipylidium caninum
Dipylidium caninum, also called the flea tapeworm, double-pore tapeworm, or cucumber tapeworm, 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 sometimes human pet-owners, especially children. The adult worm is about 18 inches long. Gravid proglottids containing the worm's microscopic eggs are either passed in the definitive host's feces or may leave their host spontaneously and are then ingested by microscopic flea larvae in the surrounding environment. These larvae eventually pupate and transform into adult fleas still carrying the tape worm, which are then ingested by a dog or cat during grooming activity. From there, the worm enters the animal's digestive tract and anchors itself to the intestinal wall where it will soon begin generating proglottids, completing the life cycle. Examples of fleas that can spread D. caninum include Ctenocephalides canis and Ctenocephalides felis. As in all members of family Dipylidiidae, proglottids of the adult worm have genital pores on both sides. Each side has a set of male and female reproductive organs.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of dipylidium caninum in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of dipylidium caninum in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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