RLG 1 Flashcards
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other term for fecalysis
coproscopic exam
Factors that may affect fecal examination
amount
age
sample handling
exam method
skills
recommended amount of sample
5-10 g
If the fecal material cannot be
examined immediately, preserve it in
5-10% formalin
refrigerate 3-5 C
feces can be frozen prior to exam
F
Refrigerated fecal
samples should be examined within _ days of collection.
7
qualitative exam methods
- Direct/ simple smear
- Flotation
- Sedimentation
- Larval recovery
quantitative exam methods
- Stoll-ova counting technique
- McMaster egg-counting
technique - Beaver’s direct egg-counting
technique
technique based on active migration
baermann
in flotation, the soln should have lower SG than parasite
HIGHER
minimum SG required
1.24
weight needed of feces for flotation
2g
weight of feces needed for DFE
<1g
nematode and cestode egg needed SG
1.1-1.2
trematode egg required SG
1.3-1.5
solution for common helminths protozoan ova and cysts
NaCl
Na nitrate
Mg sulfate
solution for cryptosporidium oocysts
sheather’s
solution for lungworms
zinc sulfate
facilitates faster flotation and recovers more eggs
centrigugation flotation
Method of choice if trematode
infection is suspected, including
Fasciola, Dicrocoelium,
Paramphistomum, Schistosoma etc.
sedimentation
how many hours is fecal sample suspended in baermann technique
8-24 hrs
diagnosis of abomasal or stomach damage due to trichostrongyles
Plasma pepsinogen test-
SG of sheather’s sugar
1.27-1/3
SG of saturated salt and Mg sulfate
1.2