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A standardised faecal collection protocol for intestinal helminth egg counts in Asian elephants, Elephas maximus

The quantitative assessment of parasite infection is necessary to measure, manage and reduce infection risk in both wild and captive animal populations. Traditional faecal flotation methods which aim to quantify parasite burden, such as the McMaster egg counting technique, are widely used in veterin...

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Autores principales: Lynsdale, Carly L., Santos, Diogo J. Franco dos, Hayward, Adam D., Mar, Khyne U., Htut, Win, Aung, Htoo Htoo, Soe, Aung Thura, Lummaa, Virpi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4501537/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26236632
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2015.06.001