faecal egg counts (FEC)
Are faecal egg counts approaching their 'sell-by' date?
... systems. Faecal egg counts (FEC) have been a well used tool in diagnosis of helminthoses and the need for anthelmintic ...Arguably, FEC had their greatest relevance in developing our ...
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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, liver enzymes, and minerals in the wet and dry seasons in male and female Nguni goats of South ...study. Faecal and blood samples were collected once in the dry (August) ...
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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
... in faecal egg counts while using the urine-CCA cas- sette test (batch 32727) and the Kato-Katz thick smear for the diagnosis of ...and egg out puts in the diagnosis of ...
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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
... Classical faecal egg counts (FEC) provide less reliable diagnostic information for nematode infections in ...in egg yolks are as good as plasma samples, so a non-invasive diagnosis is ...
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Relationship between gastrointestinal (GI) nematode infection and immune response in dairy cows
... negative FEC (<50 EPG) and, therefore, it was difficult to compare FEC data with pasture larval levels for the detection of any association between these two ...mean faecal egg ...
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Anthelmintic resistance in equine parasites: an epidemiological approach to build a framework for sustainable parasite control
... of faecal egg count reduction tests (FECRT) (arithmetic mean % reduction) on 12 yards (1 - 12) following either; (a) fenbendazole (FBZ), (b) pyrantel (PYR), (c) ivermectin (IVM) or (d) moxidectin (MOX) ...
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Comparison of Worm Control Strategies in Grazing Sheep in Denmark
... mean FEC came from only 3 individual lambs, and the FECs fell within one ...lower faecal egg ...the egg output of lambs and not least ewes in May and June caused very high levels of herbage ...
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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
... reduced faecal egg counts (FEC) are associated with an allele at a microsatellite locus located in the first intron of the interferon gamma gene (o(IFN)- γ ) in Soay sheep lambs and yearlings, ...
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A comparison of two different anthelmintic treatment regimens against natural gastrointestinal nematode infections on two Lithuanian sheep farms
... as faecal egg counts FEC or specific antibody levels), pathophysiological markers (such as diarrhoea and anaemia), production parameters (such as weight gain or milk and wool production), ...
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A standardised faecal collection protocol for intestinal helminth egg counts in Asian elephants, Elephas maximus
... storing faecal samples for future analysis is highly desirable when working in challenging fi eld situations, such as in remote locations or during extreme seasons, ...of faecal samples in fi xative ...
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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 ...
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Some aspects of ivermectin resistance in gastrointestinal nematodes of goats and sheep : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Massey University
... 1 : Nematode worm counts and faecal egg counts in lambs infected with either ivermectin-resistant or susceptible strains of T colubr?formis and left untreated or dosed with either iverme[r] ...
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Senescence in immunity against helminth parasites predicts adult mortality in a wild mammal
... (27). Counts of nematode eggs from faecal samples provide an important proxy of parasite burden ...(27). Faecal egg counts (FEC) ...
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Nematode resistance to common anthelmintics in naturally infected goats flocks of coastal Tamil nadu, India
... Faecal egg count reduction tests were conducted on goat flocks in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, India, to determine the efficiency of fenbendazole, levamisole and ivermectin given at recommended doses against ...
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Parasitism and production in fleeceweight selected and control sheep : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Agricultural Science at Massey University
... In a two year study, faecal egg counts (as an indicator of resistance status) of FW and C sheep grazing naturally infected pasture were monitored. Liveweight gain and wool growth were measured in ...
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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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Anthelmintic-resistant nematodes in Irish commercial sheep flocks- the state of play
... procedure employed. It is not immediately clear why the incidences from the commercial MALDT were lower and further work would be required to directly compare methods. It is noted that in the assessment of LM resist- ...
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A comparison of helminth infections as assessed through coprological analysis and adult worm burdens in a wild host
... unexpected, with previous reports in wild boar (Gassó et al., 2015), domesticated horses (Nielsen et al., 2010) and humans infected with Opisthorchis viverrini demonstrating low sensitivity of faecal egg ...
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Quality control in the diagnosis of Trichuris trichiura and Ascaris lumbricoides using the Kato Katz technique: experience from three randomised controlled trials
... A limitation of our study is that we cannot evaluate the impact of further error sources of false-positive re- sults, as for example sampling errors which can occur when children mix up or even share stool samples. Add- ...
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Accuracy of Lygus hesperus Knight (Hemiptera: Miridae) Egg Counts Improves with Egg Development
... false-positive egg identifica- ...no egg is present. Also, many successful oviposition events leave the egg deeply embedded in host tissue so that the operculum is barely or not at all ...
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