What Is Taenia Saginata?

Bovine tapeworms are also known as beef tapeworms, fat tapeworms, or hookless roundworms. The adults are milky white, with a length of 4-8m. The longest can reach 25m. The front end of the worm body is thinner and gradually widened backwards and flattened. The flat head is slightly square, with a diameter of 1.5 to 2.0 mm without apex and small hooks. There are four cup-shaped suction cups with a diameter of 0.7 ~ 0.8mm, which are located at the four corners of the head section. The slender neck is approximately several times the length of the head. The chain body is composed of more than 1,000 segments, and each segment has its own set of male and female reproductive organs. Bovine tapeworm uses humans as its sole ultimate host; intermediate hosts include bovine wild goats and boars, reindeer llamas, wildebeests, foxes, sheep, and so on.

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Prevention

Incubation period from swallowing

Adults of Taenia solium parasitize mainly in the human small intestine.

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Beef tapeworm expert advice

It is best not to buy untested beef. After cutting the beef, wash the cutting boards and knives with boiling water. Do not eat raw or undercooked beef. Beef should be frozen before consumption. ^[4]

Tips for Taenia solium

Beef can be eaten raw, but is certified by regular farms and slaughterhouses.
Especially for the beef bought from the vegetable market and supermarket, don't try to try the steak when you make your own steak. The experience of high-key steak eating is that it must be at least nine mature, purely in terms of taste, the beef's mellow aroma is completely emitted, and it will not be too old to bite.
Experts remind people traveling to Tibet and other pastoral areas to avoid eating air-dried beef jerky made by hawkers to prevent infection. Patients infected with Taenia solium are generally asymptomatic, but such long worms sometimes have abdominal discomfort, indigestion, diarrhea or weight loss, and other symptoms similar to roundworm infections. Almost all patients will see a doctor when they find flatworms in their stool or panties. ^[5]