Quantitative comparison of various methods for detecting eggs of Toxocara canis in samples of sand

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 75-79

  Oge, H ^a   Oge, S ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diagnosis nematoda; Egg; Sand; Soil; Toxocara spp.

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; SAMPLE; SAND; SOIL; STANDARDIZATION; TECHNIQUE; TOXOCARA CANIS; WORM EGG;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SILICON DIOXIDE; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TOXOCARA CANIS;

CANIS; NEMATODA; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARA CANIS;

EID: 0034633360     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(00)00276-4     Document Type: Article

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