AND3701 ASSIGNMENT 1 SEMESTER 2 SOLUTIONS 2026
UNISA
WITH NOTE FOR BETTER UNDERSTANDING
Opened: Friday, 17 July 2026, 8:00 AM
Due: Friday, 14 August 2026, 8:00 AM
AND3701 — Study Notes for Assignments 1 & 2
How to use this document: Everything below is sourced directly from your AND3701
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, ASSIGNMENT 1
Question 1
1.1 Tapeworms and their intermediate hosts
The study guide only covers tapeworms under horses (1.3.2) and poultry/ostriches
(1.5.2) — pigs have no tapeworm sub-section (only roundworms and flukes).
Tapeworm Host animal Intermediate host
Anoplocephala
Horses Grass (oribatid/forage) mites
perfoliata
Zebra is itself the intermediate host
Echinococcus (bladder Found in the liver of
(the tapeworm's adult stage lives in
worm) zebras in particular
dogs)
Poultry (chickens,
Raillietina tetragona / R. House flies and ants (R. tetragona);
doves, pigeons,
cesticellus / R. ants only (R. echinobothrida); house
turkeys, guineafowl,
echinobothrida etc. flies and beetles (R. cesticellus)
peacocks)
Davainea proglottina Poultry Slugs
Not well known (guide states life
Houttuynia struthionis Ostriches
cycle largely unknown)
UNISA
WITH NOTE FOR BETTER UNDERSTANDING
Opened: Friday, 17 July 2026, 8:00 AM
Due: Friday, 14 August 2026, 8:00 AM
AND3701 — Study Notes for Assignments 1 & 2
How to use this document: Everything below is sourced directly from your AND3701
study guide (page/section references given). This is raw material to help you understand
and write your own answers
, ASSIGNMENT 1
Question 1
1.1 Tapeworms and their intermediate hosts
The study guide only covers tapeworms under horses (1.3.2) and poultry/ostriches
(1.5.2) — pigs have no tapeworm sub-section (only roundworms and flukes).
Tapeworm Host animal Intermediate host
Anoplocephala
Horses Grass (oribatid/forage) mites
perfoliata
Zebra is itself the intermediate host
Echinococcus (bladder Found in the liver of
(the tapeworm's adult stage lives in
worm) zebras in particular
dogs)
Poultry (chickens,
Raillietina tetragona / R. House flies and ants (R. tetragona);
doves, pigeons,
cesticellus / R. ants only (R. echinobothrida); house
turkeys, guineafowl,
echinobothrida etc. flies and beetles (R. cesticellus)
peacocks)
Davainea proglottina Poultry Slugs
Not well known (guide states life
Houttuynia struthionis Ostriches
cycle largely unknown)