Trematode & Cestode Diagnostic Stages of Ruminants

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1. Cestode or Trematode eggs found in the feces of ruminants ........ Go to: 3 & 4
2. Tapeworm proglottids in the feces of ruminants ........ Moniezia spp.

3. Eggs found during the sedimentation of ruminant feces. Ova are large, yellow to brown, with a single operculum at one end. ........ Fasciola hepatica
4. Eggs found during a fecal floatation, McMasters or sedimentation of ruminant feces. Ova are triangular to diamond-shaped, have a gray grainy shell and contain a pyroform (tear-shaped) body. ........ Moniezia spp.

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