RVC/FAO guide to Veterinary Parasitology
Poultry eggs: Ascaridia spp.
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Ascaridia spp.

Length 68 µm - 90 µm
Width 40 µm - 50 µm
Thick shell, smooth, three layers, slight barrel-shaped side-walls
Contents unsegmented

 

 

 

N.B. Ascaridia and Heterakis eggs are very similar and not easily distinguished.

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