Question of the Day

Ascarids in pigs (roundworms) resemble those in dogs and cats and also in horses.

Ascarid eggs look a little like a fried egg with a big yolk. Here is more information on ascarids in dogs and cats.

Here is information on several other key parasites:
Trichuris (whipworm).
Ancylostoma, Uncinaria (hookworm).
Tapeworm (resemble hookworm eggs, but larger).
Strongyloides have small, thin-shelled embryonated eggs (larval worm visible inside). Differentiate Strongyloides ova from the embryonated ova of lungworms.