| 1. | Oocysts are passed in the feces of an infected definitive host.
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| 2. | Most definitive hosts do not show any clinical sign or symptoms.
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| 3. | The definitive host is infected when the metacestode is consumed.
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| 4. | Reproduction of the parasite only occurs in the definitive host.
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| 5. | Humans cannot be definitive hosts for these species of tapeworms.
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| 6. | Transmission occurs when the definitive host preys upon an infected second intermediate host.
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| 7. | Cattle as the definitive host pick up the viable eggs from contaminated vegetation.
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| 8. | Definitive hosts become infected by eating secondary hosts which are infected with metacercariae.
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| 9. | Infection occurs in the definitive host when the animal eats an infected rodent.
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| 10. | Natural definitive hosts are : dogs, cats, rats, and humans.
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