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A rapid technique for the concentration and collection of Helminth eggs from large quantities of faeces

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

R. J. S. Beer
R. J. S. Beer
Affiliation:
Animal Health Trust, Farm Livestock Research Centre, Stock, Essex
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A simple semi-mechanical sieving apparatus is described which rapidly concentrates helminth eggs from relatively large volumes of faeces. Tests showed the percentage recoveries of N. battus eggs after sieving 500, 750 and 1000 ml of diluted ovine faeces were 94·1, 88·1 and 84·8 respectively; for T. suis, Oesophagostomum spp. and H. rubidus eggs from 1000 ml. of porcine faeces, the percentage recovery was 94·8 for T. suis and 94·7 for the latter two worms. T. trichuira eggs have also been separated from human faeces using this apparatus.

Type
Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 65 , Issue 2 , October 1972 , pp. 343 - 350
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1972

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