I often find these items (marked with red arrows) while doing equine FECs. I am interested to know what they are. I am pretty certain that they aren't parasite eggs, and I find them in samples both with and without strongyle infections. Sometimes the two black parts are offset, giving the appearance of a Micky Mouse head.
To give a scale, there is also a strongyle egg (marked with a dot) in the image which is approx 90 um long.
Thank you!
Thank you! Pollen was one of our guesses, good to have it confirmed :-)
Definitely a pine pollen! Easy to see in many herbivores faecal floats.
Hi Fiona. These are pollen grains which, when I was in veterinary school, my Parasitology professor always taught us that they look like "Mickey Mouse" ears (which I actually had a pair of when I was a kid...LOL!). I attached a few pictures for you as well (pictures obtained from the following websites: http://www.newtonsapple.org.uk/pollination-by-the-wind/ and https://alabamaallergy.com/tag/pollen/) Hope this helps!
Hello, its pollen grains which looks like Mickey Mouse head in many fecal samples.
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