Counting nematode eggs in equine faecal samples

Veterinary Record

Volumn 156, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 208-210

  Presland, S L ^a   Morgan, E R ^a   Coles, G C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DILUTION; FECES ANALYSIS; HORSE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

EID: 14644418521     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.156.7.208     Document Type: Article

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