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Animal Refresher, Meat Science
Causative Agent of Measly Beef
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Question (English)
Measly beef is caused by:
- Cysticercus bovis ✓ Correct
- Cysticercus cellulosae
- Coenurus cerebralis
- Echinococcus granulosus
Explanation:
Correct Answer: Cysticercus bovis
Measly beef is caused by Cysticercus bovis — the larval (cysticercus/bladder worm) stage of the human tapeworm Taenia saginata (beef tapeworm).
Life Cycle
- Definitive host: Humans (harbour the adult Taenia saginata in the intestine)
- Intermediate host: Cattle (harbour Cysticercus bovis in muscles)
- Transmission: Humans eat undercooked/raw measly beef → adult tapeworm develops in human gut
Measly Pork vs Measly Beef
- Measly beef → Cysticercus bovis (larva of Taenia saginata)
- Measly pork → Cysticercus cellulosae (larva of Taenia solium — pork tapeworm)
Why Pork Tapeworm is More Dangerous
- Taenia solium can cause cysticercosis in humans (humans can accidentally become intermediate hosts), leading to neurocysticercosis — a major neurological disease.
- Consumption of pork strictly prohibited in Jewish dietary laws as a safeguard against this tapeworm.
Coenurus cerebralis
- Larval stage of Taenia multiceps; causes gid/sturdy in sheep — not measly beef.
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