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I'm on a roll here! From another black rat snake that also has Capillaria. I am quite certain the first two are pinworms, but am not so sure about the third? Any confirmations would be great. All @ 400x

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>>I'm on a roll here! From another black rat snake that also has Capillaria. I am quite certain the first two are pinworms, but am not so sure about the third? Any confirmations would be great. All @ 400x

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...the oldest task in human history: to live on a piece of land without spoiling it."
Aldo Leopold (1938)

"Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us."
Calvin and Hobbes (Scientific Progress Goes 'Boink', 1991)

>>>>I'm on a roll here! From another black rat snake that also has Capillaria. I am quite certain the first two are pinworms, but am not so sure about the third? Any confirmations would be great. All @ 400x

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...the oldest task in human history: to live on a piece of land without spoiling it."
Aldo Leopold (1938)

"Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us."
Calvin and Hobbes (Scientific Progress Goes 'Boink', 1991)

They all look like Oxyurid ova to me. It looks like the 3rd one is in the beginning stages of embryo development (embryonated ova).

Did some reading and found out that mice with pinworms will pass through the snake with no apparent disease in reptiles.

We use nolvasan for cleaning, can I expect it to "kill" parasite ova? We also use mostly f/t mice, are there any parasites or ova that are not eliminated through freezing.
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...the oldest task in human history: to live on a piece of land without spoiling it."
Aldo Leopold (1938)

"Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us."
Calvin and Hobbes (Scientific Progress Goes 'Boink', 1991)

Ascaris ova can survive freezing. As for Oxyurids, I would doubt they had much of a survival rate after freezing. I am not sure if Nolvasan is efficient in killing parasite ova. A mild bleach solution would work however. I use Nolvasan to clean in my herp room mainly for viral and bacterial concerns, as all animals in the room have been quarantined in another room before moved in here. I would be interested in finding out its ability to kill common parasite larvae and ova.

Ryan

They do seem to have that distinct Oxyurid ova shape (flat on one side and rounded on the other). And the inside does look well developed as oldherper said.

Ryan

Thanks again for the identification!! I have a microbiology professor that might be able to answer my questions about the abilities of Nolvasan.
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...the oldest task in human history: to live on a piece of land without spoiling it."
Aldo Leopold (1938)

"Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us."
Calvin and Hobbes (Scientific Progress Goes 'Boink', 1991)

Coincidentaly I am taking a microbio class this semester.

Ryan