Diagnostic Laboratory Section

RESULTS AND INTERPRETATION OF EGGS/LARVAE/ OOCYSTS/CYSTS

S. No.	Species	Host	Description of eggs
1	Amphistomes	Catttle, sheep, goat, Horse.	Oval shape, thick walled, presence of operculum, large in size
2	Fasciola sp	Cattle, sheep	Thick walled, absence of operculum, yellow tinged, large in size
3	Trichuris sp	sheep, goat, cattle, pig, dog	Barrel shaped with a conspicuous plug at both ends,yellow or brown colour
4	Capillaria sp		Similar to Trichuris sp but with truncated plugs

Interpretations

• No egg in the whole sample negative : (-)
• 0-2 eggs / field : (+)
• 2-4 eggs / field : (+ +)
• 4-6 eggs / field : (+++)
• > 6 eggs / field : (++++)