Influence of variables on centrifuge-flotation technique for recovery of Toxocara canis eggs from soil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 163-167

  Santarém, Vamilton Alvares ^a   Magoti, Luciana Puga ^b   Sichieri, Tathiana Dias ^c  

^a Hospital Veterinário Unoeste   (Brazil)

^b Unoeste ^*  (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE DO OESTE PAULISTA UNOESTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Recovery technique; Soil contamination; Toxocara canis eggs

Indexed keywords

DICHROMATE SODIUM; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM NITRATE; WATER; ZINC SULFATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; CENTRIFUGE FLOTATION TECHNIQUE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTILLATION; EGG; FEMALE; FILTRATION; FLOTATION; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; TOXOCARA CANIS;

ANIMALS; CENTRIFUGATION; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SOIL; TIME FACTORS; TOXOCARA CANIS;

EID: 67650093458     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652009000300007     Document Type: Article

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