Tapeworm Life Cycle. Domestic and cottontail rabbits are intermediate hosts for the canid tapeworm, Taenia pisiformis. Pictures of tapeworm cysts; how to cure
indogs, and human infestation is contracted by the ingestion of eggs present in dog excreta. Surgical removal of thelesionsis the only cure. (2)Sparganosis is caused by theSpirometra mansonilarva, which may be acquired by drinking water that containswater fleasharbouring the first larval stage...