Parasite ID from description?

[luckykarma]

I'm trying to get all the known bugs that hit our animals down when looking through my microscope. I don't have a camera on it yet so I have to describe it.

Imagine pinworm with no nuclei. Basically they look like coffee half beans. Dave Weldon mentioned he'd seen them before but wasn't sure what they were.

Any parasitologist out there?

 

[karebear41486]

I'm taking parasitology this semester...which is sadly very exciting for me. Anyways...I probably couldn't help you yet, but I'm going to see if I can bring in samples from my dragons and chameleons to see whats floating around in their poo!

 

[luckykarma]

I would love to take one of those classes. I'm trying to find one here in L.A.

 

[PardalisGirl]

????

What magnification are you using? That makes a difference in trying to make a "guess". Is the thing all dark, all light or are there shades that make it look like a coffee bean half? Pinworm eggs don't have the shape of a coffee bean half...they are more elongated. In any case, it's appearance at 100x would look much different than at 400x. Need a little more info....

 

[luckykarma]

Viewing at 100X and 400X Not solid but gradations of brown like pinworm.