Assertion: Pork should be properly cooked to avoid Taenia infection.
Reasoning:: Pork contains hexacanth and cysticeric larvae.
Reasoning:: Pork contains hexacanth and cysticeric larvae.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
Human infection is direct and oral. It occurs by eating raw or under-cooked measly pork (Pig muscle with cysticerus larvae of Taenia). Infection in vegetarians occurs through improperly washed vegetable. So proper cooking of pork and properly washed vegetable to avoid Taenia infection.