The European strain of a tiny tapeworm that can make people seriously ill and even kill them is now common in wildlife throughout Alberta, Calgary researchers say. The research was published in a ...

Each proglottid contains a variable number of egg packets, as shown in Figure 3. Each egg packet contains five to 15 eggs, and each egg containing an oncosphere (a tapeworm embryo).

An aggressive “tumour-like” tapeworm is on the rise in Alberta and Ontario, experts warn. (July 2018) – Jul 25, 2018 ...

The "fox" tapeworm has been found, for the first time, in Ontario. University of Guelph veterinarian Andrew Peregrine says it can kill dogs and humans.

The tapeworm, Echinococcus multilocularis, wasn’t thought to be present in Ontario until five sick dogs from the Golden Horseshoe area were identified between 2012 and 2016.

The researchers concluded that the man most likely contracted the parasite via “autoinfection.” He may have gotten an intestinal tapeworm, called taeniasis, from eating undercooked bacon that ...

Each proglottid contains 300 to 500 testes and three ovary lobes, and when released into the digestive tract contains between 50,000 and 60,000 fertile eggs.