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Kelly_Haller
at Wed Feb 25 00:41:07 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Kelly_Haller ]
Linda,
Approximately what size was the object you thought might be crypto. Just curious, as crypto oocysts are extremely small (3 to 5 um) and very difficult to see unstained, even under 400x. Although better methods are available, we always used the simpler carbol-fuchsin acid fast procedure that would stain the oocysts a bright pinkish-red and make them highly visible. As far as the other larger ova you were seeing, if your other snakes are showing clean and asymptomatic, I would run a fecal on the mice also. Sometimes mammalian prey parasite ova pass harmlessly through the snake undamaged and show up in their feces. Just a thought.
Kelly
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