Biology 546
Human parasitology laboratory tutorial

The egg on the left was found in the feces of a Kansas farmer. The egg measured about 140 micrometers long x 80 micrometers wide. What species does it represent?

Diphyllobothrium latum
Fasciola hepatica
Schistosoma haematobium
Schistosoma mansoni

Original; photograph by S. J. Upton


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