Counting coccidial oocysts in chicken faeces: A comparative study of a standard McMaster technique and a new rapid method

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 136, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 233-242

  Haug, Anita ^a,b   Williams, R B ^c   Larsen, S ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c Institute for Animal Health   (United Kingdom)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chickens; Counting method; Eimeria; McMaster technique; Oocysts

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHICKEN; COCCIDIA; DEVICE; EIMERIA; FECES; FECES ANALYSIS; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; COCCIDIOSIS; EIMERIA; FECES; OOCYSTS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POULTRY DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

COCCIDIA; EIMERIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 33644628414     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.11.024     Document Type: Article

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