Comparison of individual and pooled faecal samples in sheep for the assessment of gastrointestinal strongyle infection intensity and anthelmintic drug efficacy using McMaster and Mini-FLOTAC

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 205, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 216-223

  Rinaldi, Laura ^a   Levecke, Bruno ^b   Bosco, Antonio ^a   Ianniello, Davide ^a   Pepe, Paola ^a   Charlier, Johannes ^b   Cringoli, Giuseppe ^a   Vercruysse, Jozef ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic drug efficacy; Faecal egg count; Gastrointestinal strongyles; McMaster; Mini FLOTAC; Pooling faecal samples; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; EGG PER GRAM OF FECES; FECAL EGG COUNT REDUCTION; FECES ANALYSIS; FIELD STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; INDIVIDUAL FECAL SAMPLE EXAMINATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MCMASTER15 TECHNIQUE; MCMASTER50 TECHNIQUE; MINI FLOTAC TECHNIQUE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE EXAMINATION; POOLED FECAL SAMPLE EXAMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; STRONGYLE INFECTION; STRONGYLOIDEA; VALIDATION STUDY; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SHEEP DISEASES; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; VETERINARY;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; STRONGYLES;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

EID: 84899971020     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2014.06.011     Document Type: Article

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