Under the Microscope

Under the Microscope

Learning to identify what you find under the microscope slide.

WHAT IF I DON’T KNOW HOW TO USE A MICROSCOPE?

ABOVE: Grid at 4x lensOrienting the corner of the grid with the 4x lens — **ABOVE: Grid at 4x lens**
**Orienting the corner of the grid with the 4x lens**

ABOVE: Grid at 10x lensOrienting the corner of the grid with the 10x lens — **ABOVE: Grid at 10x lens**
**Orienting the corner of the grid with the 10x lens**

ABOVE: Strongyle EggStrongyle egg image at 20x — **ABOVE: Strongyle Egg**
**Strongyle egg image at 20x**

ABOVE: Strongyle EggStrongyle egg image at 10x — **ABOVE: Strongyle Egg**
**Strongyle egg image at 10x**

ABOVE: ArtifactPlant matter – “trash” — **ABOVE: Artifact**
**Plant matter – “trash”**

ABOVE: Single Cell-Freshly Passed-Ascarid egg at 20xAscarid egg surrounded by undigested plant matter — **ABOVE: Single Cell-Freshly Passed-Ascarid egg at 20x**
**Ascarid egg surrounded by undigested plant matter**

ABOVE: Air Bubble and Ascarid egg at 20XAcarid egg and Air bubble – notice the “trash” matter. — **ABOVE: Air Bubble and Ascarid egg at 20X**
**Acarid egg and Air bubble – notice the “trash” matter.**

ABOVE: Fungal Spore ImageThis strange fellow is a simply a harmless fungal spore. — **ABOVE: Fungal Spore Image**
**This strange fellow is a simply a harmless fungal spore.**

ABOVE: Plant MaterialThese strange spirals are just plant material. — **ABOVE: Plant Material**
**These strange spirals are just plant material.**

ABOVE: Pinworm EggsOxyuris equi (Pinworm) – quite a rare find. — **ABOVE: Pinworm Eggs**
**Oxyuris equi (Pinworm) – quite a rare find.**

The Eggzamin equipment has been designed for ease-of-use. Your kit comes with everything you need for unlimited FEC’s, our clear How-To Instructions, a Microscope Users Manual to familiarize you with the components of your equipment, and our website and images are available to help you learn to identify parasites.