The comparison of FLOTAC, FECPAK and McMaster techniques for nematode egg counts in cattle

Acta Parasitologica

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 625-628

  Bosco, Antonio ^a   Rinaldi, Laura ^a   Maurelli, Maria P ^a   Musella, Vincenzo ^b   Coles, Gerald C ^c   Cringoli, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cattle; FecPak; FLOTAC; McMaster; nematode egg count

Indexed keywords

BOS;

ANIMAL; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEMATODE; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; OOCYTE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FECES; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; OVUM; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84907483043     PISSN: 12302821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11686-014-0282-7     Document Type: Article

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