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10996740

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-12-5
pubmed:abstractText
In this study, we investigated the morphological identification of Toxocara canis and T. cati eggs on the basis of light and scanning electron microscopic (SEM) observations. T. canis and T. cati eggs used in this study were recovered from the uteri of respective gravid female worms. Measurement of egg size was not helpful in the differentiation of these species, because approximately 90% of eggs measured were of similar size. Using SEM, we were able to differentiate T. canis eggs from T. cati eggs based on their respective characteristic surface structures. Both species have subspherical eggs with markedly pitted surfaces like those of a golf ball, but the surface pitting in T. canis is more coarse than that in T. cati. In this study, however, these differences were not absolute, as 16% of T. canis and 29% of T. cati eggs showed surface pitting that was uncharacteristic of their species. Of the 16% of T. canis eggs that could not be differentiated by surface structure, 3% had pitting resembling T. cati, and the remaining 13% showed intermediate type surface pitting. Similarly, 5% of T. cati eggs resembled T. canis, and 25% of these were of intermediate type. Light microscopic observation yielded results similar to those of SEM, indicating that light microscopy is also a useful tool for the identification of Toxocara eggs.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0304-4017
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
20
pubmed:volume
92
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
287-94
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Differentiation of Toxocara canis and T. cati eggs by light and scanning electron microscopy.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medical Technology, Faculty of Health Science, Kobe Univeristy School of Medicine, 7-10-2, Tomogaoka, Suma-ku, 654-0142, Kobe, Japan. ugas@ams.kobe-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article