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CAT – What do worm egg counts tell you?

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Cara Hallowell-Evans

In: BEVA - Annual Congress - Birmingham, 2016 by British Equine Veterinary Association
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SEP 07, 2016
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When interpreting faecal worm egg counts (FWECs) results there are many factors to consider. Several species of nematodes affecting horses can be identified by FWEC, however, it is important to note that, due to predilection sites and biology, standard salt flotation FWECs are often not optimal for detection of species including Dictyocaulus arnfeldi, Fasciola hepatica, Oxyuris equi and Anoplocephala perfoliata. Differentiation between Strongylus spp. (e.g. Strongylus vulgaris) and Cyathostomin spp. eggs is not possible so results give ‘strongyle-type’ counts ...

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Department of Infection Biology, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.

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