The secondary host of Taenia solium is

Buffalo

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Sheep

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Pig

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Goat

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The correct option is C Pig
The secondary host of Taenia solium is pig. So, it is called as pork tapeworm. Human cysticercosis is caused by the larvae of T. solium. The definitive host is human that acquires the infection by consuming larval cysts in the uncooked tissues of Pig. Pig is the intermediate host. For T. solium humans serve as either intermediate or definitive hosts.

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