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A method for the recovery of nematode eggs from faeces

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

D. A. Wassall  and
D. A. Denham
D. A. Wassall
Affiliation:
Central Veterinary Laboratory, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, New Haw, Weybridge, Surrey
D. A. Denham
Affiliation:
Central Veterinary Laboratory, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, New Haw, Weybridge, Surrey
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A simple apparatus for the collection of helminth eggs from faeces by means of a gas-circulated saturated salt solution is described. Nearly all the Nematodirus spp. eggs in both bovine and ovine faeces were recovered and shown to be viable.

Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 59 , Issue 2 , May 1969 , pp. 279 - 282
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1969

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