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The time has come for me to do some basic veterinary care 'in house', and wondered if anyone can steer me in the right direction for equipment: what magnification will be necessary/essential, etc.
This will be for purposes of parasite identification.
Thanks in advance
Stephanie

>>The time has come for me to do some basic veterinary care 'in house', and wondered if anyone can steer me in the right direction for equipment: what magnification will be necessary/essential, etc.
>>This will be for purposes of parasite identification.
>>Thanks in advance
>>Stephanie

Find out what kind of microscope your veterinarian uses - that is what you need...usually it will be a 100x with the movable platform. However, good microscopes cost big money. I've done some pricing and you are looking at about $400-900 easy for a good one - better ones cost even more.

DP

I don’t have a microscope and I’m no doctor but I have used a large magnifying glass with some success. These don’t cost much just a couple of dollars and you can see a lot with them.
I have used one, after seeing some little white worms in the turles water dish, I look inside some turtle "waste" and did see a few litte white worms. I gave the turles some Panacure and have not see any worms after this treatmet. I found a small pile of waste just the other day and no worms in it.
Let us know if u see anything. It would make for a very interesting topic.
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Jack

I have one like Dr Pepper describes I got it from a catalog, it was around 200.00. Cheap compared to others I'd looked at.
This was 1998, 1999. I can't remember what catalog it came from. I'll see if I can my DH can remember, he's the one who ordered it.
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PHRatz

My DH & I neither one can remember where we ordered the microscope from so I am no help at all here..
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PHRatz

Thanks to everyone.
I'll be checking with my friend who used to be a vet tech, and also my vet to maybe get info about the best place to order from etc.
Stephanie