Faecal egg count (FEC)
Effects of worm control practices examined by a combined faecal egg count and questionnaire survey on horse farms in Germany, Italy and the UK
... combined faecal egg count (FEC) and questionnaire survey was performed during summer of 2008 on 20 German, 26 Italian and 16 UK horse farms with a history of no anthelmintic treatment in the ...
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Investigating anthelmintic efficacy against gastrointestinal nematodes in cattle by considering appropriate probability distributions for faecal egg count data
... The Faecal Egg Count Reduction Test (FECRT) is the most widely used fi eld-based method for estimating anthelmintic efficacy and as an indicator of the presence of anthelmintic resistant nematodes in ...
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Rapid assessment of faecal egg count and faecal egg count reduction through composite sampling in cattle
... through faecal egg counts (FEC) ...(e.g. FEC) that indicates the worm burden of a given group despite the over-dispersed distribution of parasites within a group of animals ...and FEC ...
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Evaluating the effectiveness of trematocides against Fasciola gigantica and amphistomes infections in cattle, using faecal egg count reduction tests in Iringa Rural and Arumeru Districts, Tanzania
... reducing faecal egg counts and number of infected animals by 100%, with the exception of one individual in the triclabendazole group in Iringa that produced 2 eggs/g of faeces on day 28 (Tables 3, ...in ...
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The control of gastrointestinal sheep nematodes with tanniferous forage plants
... decreased faecal egg count (Hoste et ...in FEC were essentially related to reductions in female worm fecundity with a potential of a renewed increase of FEC when the exposure to CT is ...
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A microsatellite polymorphism in the gamma interferon gene is associated with resistance to gastrointestinal nematodes in a naturally parasitised population of Soay sheep
... circumcincta. Faecal egg count (FEC) is used in this paper as a measure of nematode parasite resistance and offers the advantages that (i) it is non- destructive, (ii) it is repeatable within ...
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Faecal Cyathostomin Egg Count distribution and efficacy of anthelmintics against cyathostomins in Italy: a matter of geography?
... a Faecal Egg Count Reduction Test (FECRT) evaluating the efficacy of fenben- dazole (FBZ), pyrantel (PYR), ivermectin (IVM) or moxidectin (MOX) as previously described ...Individual faecal ...
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The detection and cccurrence of triclabendazole resistance in fasciola hepatica in sheep in England and Wales
... optimum faecal egg count reduction method to detect TCBZ resistance, and thirdly to assess the prevalence of TCBZ resistance in ...infection: faecal egg counts (FEC), ...
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Clonal amplification of Fasciola hepatica in Galba truncatula: within and between isolate variation of triclabendazole susceptible and resistant clones
... Typically, experimental infections were carried out using lambs ~3 months of age that had no access to pasture. Animals were housed in group conditions in an indoor facility and fed on growing sheep concentrate pellet ...
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Scheuerle, Miriam (2009): Anthelmintic resistance of Haemonchus Contortus and the famacha C-method as a tool to delay the development of anthelmintic resistance. Dissertation, LMU München: Tierärztliche Fakultät
... the faecal egg count reduction (FECR) was less than 95% and the lower 95% confidence limit (CI) for the reduction was less than ...cases, faecal egg counts (FEC) were higher ...
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Senescence in immunity against helminth parasites predicts adult mortality in a wild mammal
... in faecal samples was determined using a modified McMaster technique (43, ...of faecal sample was homogenized in 87ml of saturated salt solution using a pestle and ...give faecal egg ...
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Anthelmintic resistance in equine parasites: an epidemiological approach to build a framework for sustainable parasite control
... in faecal egg count (FEC) ...in egg excretion over time (Oju & Mpoame, 2006; Rinaldi et ...2009), faecal consistency (Uhlinger, 1993; Le Jambre et ...of FEC method ...
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Anthelmintic-resistant nematodes in Irish commercial sheep flocks- the state of play
... the faecal egg count reduction test (FECRT) and the micro-agar larval development test (MALDT), both of which can be used to detect resist- ance to benzimidazole (BZ) and levamisole ...in ...
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Breaking the Parasite life cycle
... The field study was established as a randomised block design. At day 23 the field was split with temporary electric fencing into eight areas consisting of two blocks measuring 60 m x 40 m that were then each further ...
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Nematode resistance to common anthelmintics in naturally infected goats flocks of coastal Tamil nadu, India
... and faecal egg count reduction test or in vitro egg hatch and larval development assays 13,14,15,16 ...The faecal egg count reduction test (FECRT) 17 is recommended by the ...
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Is There Any Evidence to Support the Use of Garlic as a Wormer for Dogs and Cats in the UK?
... a faecal egg count and a numerical reduction in fecundity rate (number of eggs produced by a female adult Toxocara cati ...measure faecal egg counts for a few days post- treatment ...
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FUNGAL AND BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION OF FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES SOLD IN HAWASSA TOWN OF SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA
... yeast count ranged from ...yeast count between ...mold count greater than 1x10 5 cfu/ml in any raw fruits and vegetables has no acceptance (South Africa department of health, ...yeast count ...
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A comprehensive evaluation of an ELISA for the diagnosis of the two most common ascarids in chickens using plasma or egg yolks
... the FEC (Fig. 4). Both the ELISA and FEC tests were able to identify true negative animals with the highest possible specificity (100%) in the ...with egg yolks (92%) for ...
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Elucidating microbial pollution markers of drinking water in appiadu within the ashanti region of Ghana
... of faecal contamination and opportunistic pathogenic bacteria monitored in biofilms associated with drinking water indicated that coliform populations prevailed in surface attached ...
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Environmental contamination and transmission of Ascaris suum in Danish organic pig farms
... However, faecal egg counts may also not provide a true measure of infection levels as samples may be false positive due to ingestion of uninfective eggs through coprophagy and geophagy ...
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