Quantifying the sources of variability in equine faecal egg counts: Implications for improving the utility of the method

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 188, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 120-126

  Denwood, M J ^a   Love, S ^b   Innocent, G T ^c   Matthews, L ^a   McKendrick, I J ^c   Hillary, N ^b   Smith, A ^b   Reid, S W J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coefficient of variation; Equine; FEC; McMaster; Repeatability; Variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; COMBINED MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECAL BOLUS; FECAL PILE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROUPED MODEL; HORSE; MALE; MCMASTER PROCEDURE; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; SEPARATE MODEL; SOURCES OF VARIABILITY QUANTIFICATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORM EGG AGGREGATION; WORM EGG CONCENTRATION;

ANIMALS; FECES; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SEASONS;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 84863195694     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.03.005     Document Type: Article

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