Abstract: A simple diagnostic technique was developed to improve the estimated prevalence of tapeworms on farms, by examining post-deworming fecal samples. All horses (n=162) on one farm were dewormed with a triple dose of pyrantel pamoatea and a fecal sample was collected before deworming and 24 hours after deworming. The results showed that the Cornell-Wisconsin centrifugal fecal floatation technique on pre-deworming fecal samples had a 32% sensitivity and 98% specificity when compared to the same technique on post-deworming fecal samples. One barn of horses (n=24) had fecals collected at 17, 24, 39 and 48 hours to determine the optimum time to collect fecals after deworming. The results suggested that the optimum time to collect fecals was 24 hours post-deworming.
Publication Year: 1992
Publication Date: 1992-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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