Hymenolepis Diminuta egg (rat tapeworm) (15703617005)

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Description: English: The eggs vary from 60 to 80 micro m in size, present a yellow coloration, and have a spherical form. The egg’s nucleus has six hooks inside. After they are expelled in the feces, the eggs cannot live in an external environment for more than 10 days they have to be ingested in order to become larvae. Date: 3 November 2014, 21:37:45. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gtzecosan/15703617005/. Author: SuSanA Secretariat. Permission (Reusing this file): : : The Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) is a network formed by organisations active in the field of sustainable sanitation. The secretariat is currently located at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ, German Agency for International Cooperation) in Eschborn, Germany.. Flickr sets: Mexico - Helminth egg photos from under the microscope. Flickr tags: helminths; intestinal worm; helminth egg; helminth ova.