Eggs, larvae and cysts of Cat Parasites:  A QUIZ

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Eggs and cysts found in feces or expressed from tapeworm proglottids:

1.    2.    3. 

4.   5.    6. 

7.   8.  9.

10.     11.     12. 

13.    14. 

In urine:

15. 

Answers:

1.  Toxocara cati

2. Toxascaris leonina                          Back to Quiz

3. Ancylostoma tubaeforme

4.  Taenia taeniaeformis

5. Dipylidium caninum                       Back to Quiz 

6. Spirometra mansonoides

7. Aelurostrongylus abstrusus

8.  Capillaria aerophilia                                    Back to Quiz

9.  Isospora felis

10.  Isospora rivolta (sporulated)

11.  Trichomonas sp.                                        Back to Quiz

12.  Giardia

13.  Toxoplasma gondii  (sporulated and unsporulated)

14.  Fungal spore (artifact, not a parasite of cats)

15.  Capillaria plica                                             Back to Quiz

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