Comparison of common fecal flotation techniques for the recovery of parasite eggs and oocysts

Veterinary Therapeutics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-28

  Dryden, M W ^a   Payne, P A ^a   Ridley, R ^a   Smith, V ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES; FLOTATION; HEALTH HAZARD; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; RELATIVE DENSITY; TECHNIQUE; ZOONOSIS; ANCYLOSTOMA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EVALUATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; TOXOCARA CANIS; TRICHURIS;

ANIMALIA;

ANCYLOSTOMA; ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FECES; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TOXOCARA CANIS; TRICHURIS;

EID: 20344397667     PISSN: 15283593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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