The translucid appearance and size of these objects is consistent with the morphology of cysticerci of either T. solium or saginata. I have seen D. caninum proglotids in the fresh stool of my dog but these are opaque white, almost identical in size and morphology to an uncooked rice grain but they rapidly become immobile and withdraw to about half the original length.
Truthfully, I remember having seen these somewhere. I looked through my available reference books and found the reference below: Atlas of Human Parasitology, Ash & Orihel ASCP 5th Ed., 2007 pg. 371, Plate 94 Image 1. I referenced the size of the objects to the size of the fingers holding the jar: the width of a human finger is about 1/2 an inch or 12mm, the length of a knuckle 1 inch or 25mm.
It looks like Cysticercus cellulosae.
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Dipylidium caninum
ReplyDeleteThe translucid appearance and size of these objects is consistent with the morphology of cysticerci of either T. solium or saginata.
ReplyDeleteI have seen D. caninum proglotids in the fresh stool of my dog but these are opaque white, almost identical in size and morphology to an uncooked rice grain but they rapidly become immobile and withdraw to about half the original length.
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but these are in preservative fluid @Florida Fan
ReplyDeletedefinetely cysticerci of Taenia solium
ReplyDeleteTruthfully, I remember having seen these somewhere. I looked through my available reference books and found the reference below:
ReplyDeleteAtlas of Human Parasitology, Ash & Orihel
ASCP 5th Ed., 2007 pg. 371, Plate 94
Image 1.
I referenced the size of the objects to the size of the fingers holding the jar: the width of a human finger is about 1/2 an inch or 12mm, the length of a knuckle 1 inch or 25mm.
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ReplyDeleteI have the book you mentioned and I have to admit that your right