Evaluation of techniques for detection of small trematode eggs in faeces of domestic animals

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 156, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 346-349

  Anh, Nguyen Thi Lan ^a,b   Phuong, Nguyen Thi ^a   Ha, Giang Hoang ^a   Thu, Luong To ^a   Johansen, Maria Vang ^c   Murrell, Darwin K ^b   Thamsborg, Stig Milan ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VETERINARY RESEARCH   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Faculty of Life Sciences   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cats; Diagnostics; Dogs; Faecal examination; Pigs; Trematodes

Indexed keywords

ETHER; FORMALDEHYDE;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAT; CENTRIFUGATION; DOG; ECHINOSTOMA; FASCIOLOPSIASIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FILTRATION; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PREVALENCE; SEDIMENTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; VIET NAM;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; OVUM; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TREMATODA;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; SUIDAE; TREMATODA;

EID: 50549090970     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.05.021     Document Type: Article

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