Question

The secondary host of Taenia solium is
A. Buffalo
B. Sheep
C. Pig
D. Goat

Answer 1

Pig is the secondary host that is present in the Taenia solium. And also called by the name tapeworm. Larvae of T. solium caused the human with the growth of cysticercosis present inside the body. By consuming larval cysts in the uncooked tissues of the pig that are acquired by the infection present in the definitive host in the human.

Complete answer:
The consumption of undercooked, uncooked pork that contained the tapeworm cysts and may be transferred to pigs through the human faeces by the contamination of their fodder. Development of the larvae into the oncospheres in the pigs ingest tapeworm eggs and ultimately into the infective tapeworm cysts. An adult worm grows into the human small intestines that present in the ingested tapeworm cyst.
Primary hosting infection due to the eating of undercooked pork and growing in the infected person without symptoms and treated with the medication that eliminates the tapeworm. And secondary hosting due to the drinking water and food that is contaminated with feces from the infected adult worms. It also showed no symptoms but the egg developed cysts in the muscles. But it shows severe affect if cysts form in the brain. And treatment of the brain formed cyst is highly impossible.

Therefore the correct option is (C).

Note: The cyclophyllidean cestode family taeniidae in which belongs the pork tapeworm of Taenia soli. And mostly found in the countries where pork is eaten and even throughout the world. Often pigs as secondary hosts which have humans as its definitive host present in the tapeworm.