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

Length  59 µm –75 µm
Width 31 µm– 48 µm
Shell thick, smooth side-walls
Contents unsegmented

 

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

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