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A new technique for the recovery of Toxocara eggs from soil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

B. J. O. Dada
B. J. O. Dada
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, 66502, USA
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Abstract

A new flotation technique for the extraction of Toxocara eggs from soil has been devised. It has a fairly high recovery efficiency for Toxocara eggs, can be used for replicated quantitative experiments, and may also be used for recovery of other ascarid eggs from soil.

Type
Research Papers
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 53 , Issue 2 , June 1979 , pp. 141 - 144
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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