Taenia multicepsTaenia multiceps is an intestinal tapeworm and a cause of coenurosis.EcologyThe definitive hosts for T. multiceps are canids, while intermediate hosts are mostly cattle, although many other herbivores may serve. The larval stage is called coenurus cerebralis.PathologyThe species is one of the most common causes of disease of the central nervous system of sheep in Britain. It is absent from Australia and New Zealand.