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PARASITES & VECTORS
Volume 11, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
BIOMED CENTRAL LTD
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-018-2861-1
Keywords
McMaster technique; FECPAK(G2); Nematodes; Faecal egg count; Alpaca
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- AgriFutures Australia
- Australian Alpaca Association
- Australian Postgraduate Award through the University of Melbourne
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This study aimed to compare the FECPAK(G2) and the McMaster techniques for counting of gastrointestinal nematode eggs in the faeces of alpacas using two floatation solutions (saturated sodium chloride and sucrose solutions). Faecal eggs counts from both techniques were compared using the Lin's concordance correlation coefficient and Bland and Altman statistics. Results showed moderate to good agreement between the two methods, with better agreement achieved when saturated sugar is used as a floatation fluid, particularly when faecal egg counts are less than 1000 eggs per gram of faeces. To the best of our knowledge this is the first study to assess agreement of measurements between McMaster and FECPAK(G2) methods for estimating faecal eggs in South American camelids.
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