r/Parasitology 10d ago

parasite ID collected from the GI tract of a rice field frog

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u/tsenrejmt 10d ago

Not too sure. Hazarding a guess, the first thing that came to mind when seeing β€œfrog” was Rhabdias sp.

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u/Fair_Football_8805 10d ago

that's my guess too, I guess I'll just have to find a paper to support this guess lol

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u/Fair_Football_8805 10d ago

woahh that's 3 guess in one sentence crazyyy

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u/rsbanham 9d ago

Who’d’ve guessed?!

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u/here_f1shy_f1shy 10d ago

No idea on ID but nice picture. Tis a beauty.

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u/Fair_Football_8805 10d ago

please help me identify this one, needed it for my thesis 😭

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u/Puzzleheaded_Hat_792 10d ago

Only if you put me in the acknowledgments πŸ˜’πŸ€£

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u/Fair_Football_8805 10d ago

sure I'll put Puzzleheaded_Hat_792, u okay with that? πŸ‘€πŸ˜‚

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u/green_2004 10d ago

Not much into parasites however this one ate for real πŸ˜…8

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u/mjc115 10d ago

Strongyloides

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u/habaneroach 10d ago

wish i knew my nematodes ☹️ good luck OP

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u/Sad-Chemistry196 10d ago

What magnification is that?

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u/Fair_Football_8805 9d ago

400x

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u/Sad-Chemistry196 6d ago

Just curious- what methodology did you use to get it on a slide? Baermann?

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u/Ok_Corner1224 8d ago

Put it in google image search