Image 1. Head end of the worm which appears to be a cestode.
Image 2. This is another one where we saw some fimbriae like things projecting out from the sides of the segments.
Image 3. Eggs coming out from ruptured segments
Dear Charitha,
It looks a Chaenotenia, my friend.
I have a suggestion for your research.
Studies on Cestoda of Poultry Found In and Around Douglas County, Kansas
Q. B. Ferry
The American Midland Naturalist
Vol. 15, No. 5 (Sep., 1934), pp. 586-59.
Eggs description:
http://www.rvc.ac.uk/review/parasitology/poultrEggs/choanotaenia.htm
Best wishes,
Dear Vamilton Santarem sir,
Thanks a lot for your reply. Will look forward to the references suggested by you sir. Good day
Yes I do think is Choanotaenia. It has an armed retractile proboscis and four suckers. The eggs are not easily seen, but they appear to match those of this genera. I advice you to check the FAO poultry parasites manual: http://www.fao.org/docrep/018/x0583e/x0583e.pdf
I do think is Choanotaenia. It has an armed retractile rostelum and four suckers. The eggs are not easily seen, but they appear to match those of this genera.
Must be prepared of some collected spesminces as permenant stain to clear identification.
Thank you all for your valuable answers and worthy suggestions. Based on your suggestions we are proceeding further. Only thing that is troubling us is the second image which is showing fimbriae like projections from the segments. Could anyone please explain what those structures are???
Hi Charitha
It looks like Choanotaenia sp. To confirm you may make a whole mount preparation (alum carmine) and compare the charcaters of your specimen with that of the attached diagram, as the proglottids like a bell shape.you can check with {chicken and turkey tapworms} for Reid 1962.
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