Data- Liveweight and Faecal egg counts
Are faecal egg counts approaching their 'sell-by' date?
... Implications The implications of the potential impact of faecal volume, infra-population dynamics and host responses on the interpretation of FEC are very much dependent on the intended use of this information. In ...
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Hierarchical modelling of faecal egg counts to assess anthelmintic efficacy
... A faecal sample from each animal i is analysed by a McMaster method with analytic sensitivity f ...diluted faecal suspension is put on a McMaster slide and the eggs within the grid areas are ...raw ...
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Zero-inflated hierarchical models for faecal egg counts to assess anthelmintic efficacy
... mean egg counts from both untreated and treated animals are ...zero counts, which arise as a result of the unexposed animals in an infected population or ...in faecal egg ...
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Reducing sampling error in faecal egg counts from black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)
... other host ungulate species, with smaller faecal boluses and larger surface area to volume ratios, environmental influences may more quickly penetrate the centre of boluses. FECs were robust to quite long periods ...
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A standardised faecal collection protocol for intestinal helminth egg counts in Asian elephants, Elephas maximus
... Faecal egg counts are the only widely-available tool and remain the sole, practical quantitative method which can be used for non- invasive estimation of gastrointestinal helminth burdens for large, ...
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Faecal egg counts. Soil Association trade and producer support. Briefing paper Autumn 2010
... In young pigs up to around four months old any result over about 50 epg may mean that treatment is needed as young pigs can carry quite high worm burdens without many eggs being shed. For older pigs a result of less than ...
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Rapid assessment of faecal egg count and faecal egg count reduction through composite sampling in cattle
... Results: High correlation and agreement coefficients were found between the mean of individual FEC and the mean of FEC of the different pool sizes when considering all FEC obtained at D0 and D14. However, these ...
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A quantitative approach to improving the analysis of faecal worm egg count data
... equine data. Zero- inflation in N. battus FEC data is consistent with the current belief that this parasite is not present in all animals within a population, although this is not the case for existing ...
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Effect of season and age on blood minerals, liver enzyme levels, and faecal egg counts in Nguni goats of South Africa
... and faecal egg counts also signifies how helminthes can interfere with the nutrition of the host ...higher faecal egg counts in the wet season compared to the dry one, regardless ...
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Day to day fluctuation of point of care circulating cathodic antigen test scores and faecal egg counts in children infected with Schistosoma mansoniin Ethiopia
... analysis Data were double entered and cross-checked using Excel 2007 sheet and analyzed using STATA (version ...mean egg counts among the three ...mean egg count was calculated as the average ...
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Accuracy of Lygus hesperus Knight (Hemiptera: Miridae) Egg Counts Improves with Egg Development
... the egg development ...for data loss from mold ...for egg predation by the ...rates. Egg hatch was identified by an empty chorion and exer - tion of the serosal cuticle (Cooper and Spurgeon, ...
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Investigating anthelmintic efficacy against gastrointestinal nematodes in cattle by considering appropriate probability distributions for faecal egg count data
... FEC data being eval- uated; but this would not be possible if zero-valued FECs were obtained as part of anthelmintic ...these data; con fi dence or credible intervals would be more suitably estimated using ...
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Investigating anthelmintic efficacy against gastrointestinal nematodes in cattle by considering appropriate probability distributions for faecal egg count data
... FEC data being eval- uated; but this would not be possible if zero-valued FECs were obtained as part of anthelmintic ...these data; confidence or credible intervals would be more suitably estimated using ...
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Effect of initial body weight and body composition of TETRA SL laying hens on the changes in their liveweight, body fat content, egg production and egg composition during the first egg-laying period
... The CT measurement consisted of overlapping 10 mm thick slices covering the whole body using a Siemens Somatom Emotion 6 multislice CT scanner. Following scanning parameters were set in: 130 kV – 80 mAs, spiral ...
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Significantly higher faecal counts of the yeasts candida and saccharomyces identified in people with coeliac disease
... control data obtained from a group of hetero- geneous individuals who attended a doctor with symp- toms consistent with irritable bowel syndrome and had excluded CoeD as part of their medical ...
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Faecal Cyathostomin Egg Count distribution and efficacy of anthelmintics against cyathostomins in Italy: a matter of geography?
... of faecal egg counts (>150 epg), while resistance only to FBZ was observed in one out of two yards with lower proportion (<1/3) of low egg shedders ( ≤ 150 ...
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Efficacy of Albendazole in Reducing Fecal Egg Counts of Soil Transmitted Helminths in School Children.
... Concentration techniques help in detecting small number of parasites which are missed by direct wet preparation of the stool. These techniques separate out the parasites from the faecal material by differences in ...
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Attitudes towards worm egg counts and targeted selective treatment against equine cyathostomins
... – faecal worm egg count HBM – Health Belief Model TPB – Theory of Planned Behaviour EFA – Exploratory factor analysis CFA – Confirmatory factor analysis SEM – structural equation model CFI – Comparative Fit ...
Effects of Milk Feeding Period and Anthelmintic Treatment on Fecal Egg Counts and Growth in Pastured Dairy Steers
... fecal egg counts using the McMasters and Modified Wisconsin technique and compare ...fecal egg count techniques to see which the most effective measurement of parasitism ...
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Effects of worm control practices examined by a combined faecal egg count and questionnaire survey on horse farms in Germany, Italy and the UK
... Conclusions Comparing strongyle infection patterns, an age-depen- dent distribution was found for horses in all three countries, however, with clear quantitative differences as demonstrated by significantly higher ...
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