Comparison of the FLOTAC technique with the McMaster method and the Baermann technique to determine counts of Dictyocaulus eckerti L1 and strongylid eggs in faeces of red deer (Cervus elaphus)

Parasitology Research

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 555-560

  Bauer, Benjamin U ^a   Pomroy, William E ^a   Gueydon, Julien ^a   Gannac, Samuel ^a   Scott, Ian ^a   Pfister, Kurt ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM SULFATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICTYOCAULUS; DICTYOCAULUS ECKERTI; FECES ANALYSIS; FLOTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED DEER; RELATIVE DENSITY; STRONGYLOIDEA; WORM EGG;

ANIMALS; DEER; DICTYOCAULUS; DICTYOCAULUS INFECTIONS; FECES; LARVA; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PARASITOLOGY; STRONGYLOIDEA; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; DICTYOCAULUS; DICTYOCAULUS ECKERTI; STRONGYLIDA;

EID: 77955473672     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-010-1893-z     Document Type: Article

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