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Table 3
Measurements of fresh mounts of female worms from duck hosts Anas platyrhynchos domesticus represented as mean ± SD (min–max μm); ND = no data.
| n | This study |
Müller & Kimmig, 1994 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean ± SD (min – max) | min – max (μm) | |||
| Width at esophagus (middle) | 19 | 70.4 ± 15.9 (50 – 95) | 112 – 129 μm | |
| Width at acetabulum level | 6 | 88.7 ± 10.5 (68 – 98) | ND | |
| Width at spatulate end | 8 | 90.6 ± 15.1 (75 – 113) | ND | |
| Width before spatulate end | 3 | 56 ± 4.6 (52 – 61) | ND | |
| Oral sucker length | 16 | 56.8 ± 8.1 (40 – 68) | 57 – 64 | |
| Oral sucker width | 16 | 42.6 ± 9 (31 – 59) | 46 – 55 | |
| Acetabulum length | 12 | 42.5 ± 7 (38 – 63) | 38 – 47 | |
| Acetabulum width | 12 | 51.5 ± 7.1 (42 – 68) | 49 – 58 | |
| Acetabulum to anterior end | 10 | 390.5 ± 72.8 (312 – 494) | 455 – 545 | |
| Acetabulum to gut bifurcation | 5 | 84.4 ± 12 (75 – 98) | 62 – 70 | |
| Acetabulum to cecal reunion | 2 | 549.5 ± 98.3 (480 – 619) | ND | |
| Acetabulum to ovary | ND | 285 – 310 | ||
| Ceca length | 3 | 641 ± 114.7 (537 – 764) | 745 – 795 | |
| Cecal bifurcation to anterior end | 8 | 414.5 ± 27.6 (395 – 434) | 390 – 430 | |
| Cecal reunion to anterior end | 3 | 1119 ± 110.5 (995 – 1207) | ND | |
| Egg length in uterus | 2 | 157.5 ± 2.1 (156 – 159) | ND | |
| Egg width in uterus | 2 | 41 ± 1.4 (40 – 42) | ND | |
| Body length | 3 | 3559.7 ± 724.3 (3092 – 4394) | 4.2 – 4.6 (mm) | |
| Eggs in feces | n | Length (μm) | Width (μm) | Length/width ratio |
| Müller & Kimming (1994) | 18 | 205.8 ± 24.7 (155 – 250) | 68 ± 8.9 (52.5 – 90) | 3 |
| Skirnisson & Kolarova (2008) | 40 | 203 ± 27 (150–260) | 69 ± 6 (57–84) | 2.9 |
| This study | 99 | 193.9 ± 20.9 (154 – 250) | 62.4 ± 9.4 (45 – 85) | 3.1 |
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