How repeatable is a faecal egg count reduction test?

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 323-328

  Miller, C M ^a   Waghorn, T S ^a   Leathwick, D M ^a   Gilmour, M L ^b  

^a AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^b Southern Rangitikei Veterinary Services   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic resistance diagnosis; Faecal egg count reduction test; FECRT; Parasites; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; IVERMECTIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE; FECES; IVERMECTIN; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA; COOPERIA; HAEMONCHUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33846037712     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2006.36718     Document Type: Article

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