[cristina-sorina]

So today was my first day running my own fecals! I am starting to get the hang of it I think! I ran fecals on 4 of our goats (got kind of carried away lol, it took me 4 hours!!)

The first fecal i ran i kept thinking oval shaped coccidia were strongylid eggs, that was until I saw what i believe was a true strongyle, then I could see a distinct difference in size and structure.

I have 2 pictures labeled with what I think the parasite is. Let me know if you think I'm right.

 

[CountyLineAcres]

Looks right to me!

 

[CaramelKittey]

View attachment 171047 View attachment 171049 So today was my first day running my own fecals! I am starting to get the hang of it I think! I ran fecals on 4 of our goats (got kind of carried away lol, it took me 4 hours!!)

The first fecal i ran i kept thinking oval shaped coccidia were strongylid eggs, that was until I saw what i believe was a true strongyle, then I could see a distinct difference in size and structure.

I have 2 pictures labeled with what I think the parasite is. Let me know if you think I'm right.

I'm definitely not an expert on parasites, they just creep me out.
:hide:
But, it sounds like you know what your doing! Congratulations on doing your own goat's fecal tests! I'm sure that will come in handy sometime!

Also, I've never heard of a strongylid. Is that a new parasite, or have I been missing out on common/irregular types of parasites?

 

[cristina-sorina]

I'm definitely not an expert on parasites, they just creep me out.
:hide:
But, it sounds like you know what your doing! Congratulations on doing your own goat's fecal tests! I'm sure that will come in handy sometime!

Also, I've never heard of a strongylid. Is that a new parasite, or have I been missing out on common/irregular types of parasites?

Thanks! I'm pretty excited to have this valuable tool at my disposal!

I believe strongylids are just a larger classification of a family of worms that includes haemonchus contortus (barberpole), and other types of strongyles that I cannot remember off the top of my head.

 

[goathiker]

Your coccidia isn't splitting. It may be thread worm. Just do another in a couple days and see if the inside of the eggs are splitting.

 

[CaramelKittey]

Thanks! I'm pretty excited to have this valuable tool at my disposal!

I believe strongylids are just a larger classification of a family of worms that includes haemonchus contortus (barberpole), and other types of strongyles that I cannot remember off the top of my head.

Thank you! Parasites are interesting...but scary. :hide:
Congratulations again for being able to do all this! It's a very impressive skill! It's awesome that you can identify them too! I just see circles and dots..

 

[cristina-sorina]

Your coccidia isn't splitting. It may be thread worm. Just do another in a couple days and see if the inside of the eggs are splitting.

Thank you! I'll have to look for that, didn't realize that they needed to be splitting on the inside.