• Common name: Beef tapeworm
• Intermediate host: Cattles, Cows and Camels
• Infective stage: Cystecercus bovis (Larva)
• Mode of transmission: Ingestion of raw or undercooked beef
• Proglottids: 15-20 lateral branches (Dichotomous/tree-like)
• Eggs – Spherical, radially striated, embryonated eggs with oncosphere (Indistinguishable with T. solium)
