The following points highlight the six main steps to prepare permanent slides for animals. The steps are: 1. Killing 2. Fixing and hardening 3. Staining 4. Dehydration 5. Clearing 6. Mounting. Step # 1. Killing: It is the first step in the preparation of permanent mounts and is of prime importance. By Killing we mean the instantaneous stoppage of all [...]
The following four points highlight the classification of protozoa:- 1. Entamoeba Histolytica Classification 2. Trypanosoma Classification 3. Leishmania Classification 4. Giardia Classification. Type # 1. Entamoeba Histolytica Classification: Phylum: Protozoa Microscopic and acellular Subphylum: Plasmodroma Cilia absent; locomotion either by pseudopodia or flagella Class: Rhizopoda Pseudopodia chief organs of locomotion and food catching. Order: Lobosa Pseudopodia short, blunt lobose type. [...]
The following three points highlight the classification of aschelminthes: 1. Enterobius Classification 2. Ascaris Classification 3. Ancylostoma Classification. Type # 1. Enterobius Classification: Phylum: Aschelminthes Pseudo coelomate, vermiform; un-segmented or superficially segmented clothed with cuticle; straight or curved digestive tube. Class: Nemotoda Body un-segmented; cilia absent; alimentary canal straight or curved. Order: Oxyuroidea Parasitic on vertebrates; three or six lips, [...]