Fully embryonated egg of trichuris trichiura contains -: (A) Eight blastomeres, (B) Unsegmented ova, (C) Rhabditiform larva, (D) Ciliated embryo
Answer is C. Life cycle of Trichuris trichiura. 1. Adult male and female in human caecum. 2 Freshly passed egg in faeces, containing unsegmented ovum. Not infective. 3. Mature egg in soil, containing coiled rhabditiform larva. Infective stage TEXTBOOK OF MEDICAL PARASITOLOGY,CKJ PANIKER,6TH EDITION,PAGE NO 167