Life Cycle of Balantidium Coli Model
Product Code : JC-BE-6238
The Life Cycle of Balantidium Coli Model (SKU JC-BE-6238) is a Balantidium life cycle model covering the largest protozoan parasite of humans, a ciliate usually carried harmlessly by pigs. It shows ingestion of mature cysts from contaminated water or food, excystation in the small intestine, trophozoites colonising the large intestine and sometimes invading the mucosa to form flask-shaped ulcers, and cysts formed and shed in faeces. It serves parasitology teaching. JaincoLab manufactures it in Ambala, India.
Specifications
The model is a parasitology teaching model of the Balantidium coli life cycle, covering the reservoir host, transmission, excystation, colonisation, tissue invasion, cyst formation and diagnosis; its dimensions, material and base are not in the current product data and are confirmed on the quotation.
| Product | Life Cycle of Balantidium Coli Model |
| SKU | JC-BE-6238 |
| Model type | Parasitology teaching model |
| Subject depicted | Life cycle of Balantidium coli, the ciliated protozoan parasite of humans |
| Topics shown | Ciliated protozoan, pigs as reservoir, faecal-oral transmission of cysts, excystation in the small intestine, trophozoites in the large intestine, invasion of the colonic mucosa, cyst formation and shedding, diagnosis by stool microscopy |
| Size, material and base | Confirmed on the quotation |
Uses of the Balantidium life cycle model
Lecturers use the model to introduce a ciliated protozoan parasite of humans and to show how contact with pigs and contaminated water sustains its cycle.
- Describing Balantidium coli as a large ciliated protozoan
- Explaining pigs as the natural reservoir
- Tracing faecal-oral spread of mature cysts
- Showing colonisation and invasion of the large intestine
- Identifying large trophozoites and cysts in stool
Scope of supply and ordering
Supply covers the Life Cycle of Balantidium Coli Model as listed: one model presenting the life cycle of Balantidium coli. Details the current product data does not give, including any stand or key card, accessories, spares and quantities, are confirmed on the quotation.
Lead time, MOQ and packing are confirmed per quotation for the ordered quantity and destination. Models can be supplied singly or in bulk for biology and anatomy teaching laboratories, and tender orders are quoted item by item.
Frequently asked questions
Which host is the natural reservoir?
Pigs, in which the organism usually lives as a harmless commensal in the large intestine.
How is infection identified on the model?
By finding the large trophozoites or cysts in stool samples by direct microscopy.
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