Prevalence of Gastrointestinal Parasites in the Frugivorous and the Insectivorous Bats in Southcentral Nepal

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Photomicrographs of various parasitic species. (a) Oocyst of Eimeria sp. (i) ( μm), 400x, direct wet mount at Gram’s iodine stain, in insectivorous bat. (b) Oocyst of Eimeria sp. (ii) ( μm), 400x, after flotation technique at Giemsa’s stain, in insectivorous bat. (c) Cyst of Entamoeba sp. ( μm), 400x, direct wet mount at Lugol’s Iodine stain, in insectivorous bat. (d) Oocyst of Isospora sp. ( μm), 400x, after flotation technique, in insectivorous bat. (e) Egg of Ascarid sp. ( μm), 400x, after sedimentation technique at Giemsa’s stain, in insectivorous bat. (f) Egg of Toxocara sp. ( μm), 400x, direct wet mount at 2.5% potassium dichromate, in insectivorous bat. (g) Light purple-colored egg of Hymenolepis sp. ( μm), 400x, after flotation technique, in insectivorous bat. (h) Egg of Hymenolepis sp. ( μm), 400x, after flotation technique, in frugivorous bat. (i) Brown-colored egg of Hymenolepis sp. ( μm), 400x, after flotation technique in insectivorous bat. (j) Egg of Strongyloides sp. ( μm), 400x, after sedimentation technique at Gram’s iodine stain, in insectivorous bat. (k) Egg of Strongyle ( μm), 400x, after flotation technique, in insectivorous bat. (l) Egg of Capillarid sp. ( μm), 400x, direct wet mount at 2.5% potassium dichromate, in insectivorous bat. (m) Egg of Oxyurid sp. ( μm), 400x, after flotation technique, in insectivorous bat.

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