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Table 4 Morphological characteristics of recovered Eimeria spp. Oocysts

From: Prevalence and associated risk factors of gastrointestinal helminths and coccidian infections in domestic goats, Capra hircus, in Minya, Egypt

Eimeria caprovina (Fig. 2 b)

Eimeria Christensenis (Fig. 1b)

Eimeria hirci (Fig. 1c)

Eimeria ninakohlyakim-ovae (Fig. 2c)

Eimeria jolchijevi (Fig. 1 d)

Eimeria caprina (Fig. 2a)

Eimeria aljevi (Fig. 2f)

Eimeria aspheronica (Fig. 2d)

Eimeria arloingi (Fig. 1a)

The unsporulated oocyst was broad oval-shaped, measured 28.57 × 22.22 μm, with a smooth two-layered wall, the outer is thick and colorless while the inner is thick and dark brown, with a micropyle; without a polar cap, no residual body, with 1–4 polar granules

The unsporulated oocyst was ellipsoidal- oval shaped, measured 33.7 × 22.22 μm, with a distinct polar cap, its wall is brownish in color, no residual body but has polar granule 26 μm in diameter. The shape index is 1.46

The unsporulated oocyst was spherical or ovoid-shaped, measured 25.3 × 19 μm, has a small pointed micropyle, polar cap, the wall is smooth & yellow in color, has a clear residual body. The sporulated oocyst has ovoid-shaped sporocysts and their sporozoite has a round vacuole in the middle

The unsporulated oocyst was ellipsoidal/ovoid in shape, measured 22.6 × 17.8 μm, with a smooth wall, colorless. Neither micropyle nor polar cap was present. It had a spherical sporont measuring 12–18 μm in diameter. The shape index was 1.3

The unsporulated oocyst was ovoidal -shaped, measured 30.15 × 20.63 μm with a distinct flat polar cap, yellow to reddish in color oocyst wall, no residual body. The sporulated oocyst has ovoidal shaped sporocysts, each sporocyst has two vacuolated sporozoites

The unsporulated oocyst was ellipsoidal-shaped, measured 33.3 × 20.7 μm, without a polar cap but has a distinct micropyle, the wall is greenish-yellow in color, has no residual body

The unsporulated oocyst is a small spherical oocyst, measured 17.5 × 15.9 μm no polar cap, has a smooth and colorless wall and no residual body. The sporulated oocyst has small ovoid-shaped sporocysts and each sporozoite has a central vacuole

The unsporulated oocyst is ovoid-shaped, measured 31.74 × 17.94 μm. has a distinct micropyle but no polar cap, a yellowish-brown wall and has a large residual body

The unsporulated oocyst was ellipsoidal-shaped, elongated, measured 29.5 × 17.4 μm, pale-yellowish in color, with a distinct micropyle, and the polar cap was a lid-like and easily dislodged. It had a spherical-shaped sporont measuring 11–18 μm in diameter. The shape index was 1.7. The sporulated oocyst has elongated sporocysts and their sporozoite has large vacuole at the broad end