Answer to Question 8


Question 8.
A. The worms seen under the microscope at Station #8 were recovered from the small intestine of a sheep which died of bacterial pneumonia. Identify the parasite (give Genus only). (6 pts.)



Cooperia spp.


B. Describe the egg you would expect to find in the feces. (3 pts.)



One would expect to see a strongyle -type egg -- clear shelled, oval egg with embryo in the 8 to 32 cell stage.

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