[MadHouse]

Learning to do my own fecals.
Can someone tell me if this is a cocci egg?
Thanks!

 

[MadHouse]

Anybody?

 

[NigerianDwarfOwner707]

It doesn't look like cocci to me.

It doesn't really look like a worm egg at all.

Maybe a mite egg.

 

[MadHouse]

What about @MuldrowBeeandGoatFarm or @Moers kiko boars ?
What do you think?

 

[Michaela Van Mecl]

Definitely not a cocci. Honestly, it may be just some plant matter.

 

[MadHouse]

Definitely not a cocci. Honestly, it may be just some plant matter.

It doesn't look like cocci to me.

It doesn't really look like a worm egg at all.

Maybe a mite egg.

Thanks!
That's the only egg looking thing I have seen so far in 3 fecals.

 

[Michaela Van Mecl]

Thanks!
That's the only egg looking thing I have seen so far in 3 fecals.

You'll notice that the cocci are about half, maybe 1/3 the size of a strongyle and perfect little faint ovals that are almost egg shaped with an interior structure.

 

[MadHouse]

You'll notice that the cocci are about half, maybe 1/3 the size of a strongyle and perfect little faint ovals that are almost egg shaped with an interior structure.

So, this thing I am looking at, has no interior structure, is that it?

 

[Michaela Van Mecl]

Correct. I think it may be pollen of some sort!

 

[MadHouse]

Correct. I think it may be pollen of some sort!

Thanks Michaela!

 

[Michaela Van Mecl]

Thanks Michaela!

Your welcome! I've been doing them for a year now so feel free to message me !

 

[MadHouse]

Your welcome! I've been doing them for a year now so feel free to message me !

I am planning to practice once a week, and then compare my findings with their fall fecals from the vet.
I hope to get good at it eventually!

 

[GoofyGoat]

Here's a chart I have saved that might help. Not sure who posted it originally but it's helpful

 

[MadHouse]

Thanks GoofyGoat! That's great!

Here's a chart I have saved that might help. Not sure who posted it originally but it's helpful

 

[MuldrowBeeandGoatFarm]

Here is the chart we use but I really like the one @GoofyGoat posted!

but no, I do not see coccidia on your slide. This is one of our last slides

 

[MadHouse]

So, is that a lung worm?

Here is the chart we use but I really like the one @GoofyGoat posted! View attachment 186181 but no, I do not see coccidia on your slide. This is one of our last slides View attachment 186183

 

[Moers kiko boars]

What # of lens power are you using? It looks like a 10. I would try 40x or more. More shows up with a higher magnification.

 

[MadHouse]

What # of lens power are you using? It looks like a 10. I would try 40x or more. More shows up with a higher magnification.

This was on 10x, you guessed right. When I try to put it on 40x, the objective lens touches the slide. Is there a trick to this?

 

[MuldrowBeeandGoatFarm]

Here is the chart we use but I really like the one @GoofyGoat posted! View attachment 186181 but no, I do not see coccidia on your slide. This is one of our last slides View attachment 186183

Yes, we believed it was a lungworm so we treated for it.

 

[MuldrowBeeandGoatFarm]

This was on 10x, you guessed right. When I try to put it on 40x, the objective lens touches the slide. Is there a trick to this?

My microscope has an adjustable knob but it does touch the slide on 40x if we are not careful.