The Pork Tapeworm (Taenia solium) is a tapeworm that primarily uses humans as its definitive host. Pigs are used as an intermediate or secondary host; it can be transmitted to pigs through human feces contaminating their fodder, and then back to the humans through the consumption of uncooked pork. The Pork Tapeworm has a flat, ribbon-like body that is white. There is a tiny attachment, the scolex, that has contains suckers and a rostellum as a means of attaching to the wall of the small intestine. The main body has a chain of segments called proglottids.
The Pork Tapeworm has an overall length between 6.56’-23’ (2-7 m) and diameter of .24”-.28” (6-7 mm). The typical lifespan of the Pork Tapeworm is between 3-5 years.
The Pork Tapeworm (Taenia solium) is a tapeworm that primarily uses humans as its definitive host. Pigs are used as an intermediate or secondary host; it can be transmitted to pigs through human feces contaminating their fodder, and then back to the humans through the consumption of uncooked pork. The Pork Tapeworm has a flat, ribbon-like body that is white. There is a tiny attachment, the scolex, that has contains suckers and a rostellum as a means of attaching to the wall of the small intestine. The main body has a chain of segments called proglottids.
The Pork Tapeworm has an overall length between 6.56’-23’ (2-7 m) and diameter of .24”-.28” (6-7 mm). The typical lifespan of the Pork Tapeworm is between 3-5 years.