Our Group (Laura Jaramillo and me) have two other parasite eggs found in faeces of the river Otter, that are different of the previously discussed
The third image corresponds to a member of the family Trichuridae.
The D-shaped eggs from images 1 and 2 resemble oxyurid eggs, however they are very large. I really not know what it can be.
dear Efrain
I think the blue egg belonges to trichura but I dont have any idea about others.regards
In my opinion, I support the idea of capillarid eggs, they were more frequently found in aquatic habitat rather than trichurids. Besides, a couple of genera of capillariinae were reported in otters (Capillaria, Eucoleus and Thominx), while Trichuris has been rarely found.
For the first set of eggs, no idea, they are so big (bigger than the large-size egg, i.e. Fasciola). Probably not any helminth's egg.
Dear Efrain, first 2 images could be an Oxyuridae eggs, while the third one may be an egg Capillariidae eggs.Thanks
first two images could be Oxyurid eggs
third one is Capillariidae - resemble Trichosomoides
best regards
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