The potential for false-positive diagnosis of protostrongyliasis by extraction of larvae from feces

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 783-785

  Duffy, M S ^a   Keppie, N J ^a   Burt, M D B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Baermann method; Dispersal; False positive diagnosis; Feces; First stage larvae (L1); Parelaphostrongylus tenuis; Rain

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; MAMMALIA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; PARELAPHOSTRONGYLUS TENUIS; PROTOSTRONGYLIDAE; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

RAIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DEER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FECES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LARVA; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; RAT;

ANIMALS; DEER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FECES; LARVA; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; RAIN; RATS; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

EID: 0033203558     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-35.4.783     Document Type: Article

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