Pig gets infection of Taenia solium through food contaminated with

Onchospheres

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Cysticerci

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Hexacanths

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Adult worm

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Solution

The correct option is B Cysticerci
Cysticercosis is an infection of both humans and pigs caused by Taenia solium. Pigs become infected by ingesting embryonated eggs present inside the oncospheres. These oncospheres hatch and penetrate to the intestinal walls and circulate to musculature. There they develop into cysticerci.

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