Beef Tapeworm is

Taenia solium

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Taenia saginata

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Hymenolepsi nana

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Dipylidium caninum

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Solution

The correct option is B Taenia saginata
Taenia saginata is commonly known as the beef tapeworm. It is an intestinal parasite in humans causing taeniasis which is a type of helminthiasis and cysticercosis in cattle. Cattle are the intermediate hosts where larval development occurs, while humans are definitive hosts contains the adult worms. So, option B is correct.

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