Biology 546
Human parasitology laboratory tutorial

A friend right here in Kansas raises home-grown chickens and gives you a dozen chicken eggs. You crack one open for breakfast and the organism to the left comes crawling out. It measures about 1 cm in length. What is it?

Leech
Lung fluke
Oviduct fluke
Schistosome

Original; photograph by S.J. Upton


Home | Search | What's New | Help | Comments
Kansas State University | Biology Division