The reason could be that too hot
fixative cause’s shrinkage of the parasite while as
the parasite does not stretch fully in cool fixative
and in both the cases the parasite appears shorter.
However the coloration was slightly changed
depending on the food of the host. The
comparatively small variation in the size of the
present specimens could be due to the effect of
environmental factors of the study area as it is the
only cold desert of the World, where the
environment is all together different or due to some