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A New Technique for Counting Eggs of Fasciola hepatica in Cattle Faeces

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2009

W. Dorsman
W. Dorsman
Affiliation:
State Serum Institute, Rotterdam
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Extract

The essential features of the method, which is described in detail, are a sieving technique to collect quantitatively the Fasciola hepatica eggs of a sample of cattle faeces, a new technique for transferring quantitatively the eggs to a measured amount of water, and a new technique for obtaining even distribution of the eggs within a counting chamber. Technical details for manufacturing the apparatus and the counting slide, designed to perform the different stages of the method, are given. The correctness of the resulting counts is demonstrated.

Type
Research Papers
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 30 , Issue 2-3 , October 1956 , pp. 165 - 172
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1956

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References

Willmott, S., and Pester, F. R. N., 1952.—“Variations in faecal egg-counts in Paramphistome infections as determined by a new technique.” J. Helminth., 26, 147–156. (W.L. 11224c)CrossRefGoogle Scholar