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A Technique for Staining and Counting Syphacia obvelata in the Faeces and Ingesta of Mice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

H. V. Whitlock
H. V. Whitlock
Affiliation:
Division of Animal Health and Production, C.S.I.R.O., McMaster Animal Health Laboratory, Sydney
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Extract

A method is described for the recovery of Oxyurid nematodes from faeces and ingesta of mice, by washing and sieving after the worms have been stained with iodine. It can be performed in one quarter of the time and is more efficient and less fatiguing than the method previously employed.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 31 , Issue 3 , September 1957 , pp. 131 - 134
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1957

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