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From: Occurrence of health-compromising protozoan and helminth infections in tortoises kept as pet animals in Germany

Fig. 3

Light microscopy photomicrographs of parasite life-cyste stages found in faecal samples of German pet tortoises. a Oxyurid egg from a Marginated tortoise (Testudo marginata). b Iodide-stained Entamoeba trophozoite from a Hermann tortoise (Testudo hermanni). c Ellipsoidal-shaped Balantidium sp. trophozoite with a long cytostome and oral cavity, from a Hermann tortoise (T. hermanni). d Blastocystis sp. cyst from a Hermann tortoise (T. hermanni). e Nyctotherus sp. cyst in the faeces of an Indian Star tortoise (Geochelone elegans). f Angusticaecum sp. egg from a Hermann tortoise containing infectious L1 (T. hermanni)

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