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Q.The first moult of Ascaris larva results in ________ larva.

(a) Hexacanth
(b) Cysticercus
(c) Rhabditi form
(d) Onchosphere
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The first moult in the Ascaris life cycle converts the initial larval stage into the rhabditiform larva.

In Ascaris lumbricoides, eggs passed in faeces develop into a first-stage larva inside the egg; this larva moults (the first moult) to become the rhabditiform larva, a stage characterised by a muscular, rhabditoid-type oesophagus, before further development and additional moults lead to the infective stage that is ingested by a new host. Hexacanth and onchosphere larvae are terms associated with tapeworms (Taenia), and cysticercu …

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