Tapepe Pumpkin

The pumpkin tapeworm (Dipilidium caninium) is a type of parasitic flatworm. It causes so-called echinococcosis in dogs, a parasitic disease that can lead to serious consequences, including death. Here's what you need to know about this disease to avoid infection and protect your dog from it.

The pumpkin tapeworm is common among dogs in European countries. Dogs carry tapeworm eggs, which cannot be transmitted to humans. Becoming parasitic, the eggs, under favorable conditions, once on the ground, begin to actively develop. Microscopic larvae penetrate the digestive system and form a cyst filled with fluid.

The larvae are found in the dog's intestines, they feed on nutrients through it and live up to 2 years. And only after this, the pumpkin tapeworm larva leaves the animal’s intestines, exits through the anus, and then becomes a neustoma - a “bubble”. And this bubble grows and increases in size; the diameter of this “bubble” can reach 3-5 millimeters. And over time, such neustomas become covered with a chitinous shell. And in this form they come out - they are called Finns. Finn is unhooked from the dog and thrown into the grass. If it gets into the bird’s blood, the tapeworm will turn into a new sexually mature animal, which will become a new source of infection for the dog. So vital

The Cucurbitaceae or Dipilid tapeworms are zoonotic parasites of the family Taeniidae. Several types of tapeworms can parasitize animals and humans, including dog tapeworm (Taenia canis), pork tapeworm (Taenia solium), bovine tapeworm and Taenia saginata, but Taenia solium is considered the most common.