>>Well, the top ova is a pinworm ova. I'm not sure of the species. The worm section looks like a mouse pinworm to me (Aspiculuris tetraptera), but the egg does not look like a mouse pinworm egg. They are usually more "banana" shaped. Normally you won't find the pinworms themselves in a fecal float. Usually about the only worm you'll see in a fecal float is Strongyloides larvae.



I should have been more specific. These are from a smear. I've only seen the eggs in a float. This is also the first time I've seen the adult worms, which hopefully means the panacure is killing them (it was dead in fresh feces. I saw both egss and live larva in the smear before treating.



>>The bottom picture is an Ascarid (roundworm) egg.



Thanks.



>>Good photos, by the way.



Thanks. Just on a whim I decided to try putting my digital camera up to the microscope and see what happened. Turns out it works quite well (without a $300 adaptor...).
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