Improving the sensitivity of gastrointestinal helminth detection using the Mini-FLOTAC technique in wild birds.
Black-necked swan
Brown-hooded gull
Fecal egg count
Flotation solution
Hudsonian godwit
Journal
Parasitology research
ISSN: 1432-1955
Titre abrégé: Parasitol Res
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 8703571
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Sep 2021
Sep 2021
Historique:
received:
23
03
2021
accepted:
22
07
2021
pubmed:
5
8
2021
medline:
14
10
2021
entrez:
4
8
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
High-performance-validated tests are essential for successful epidemiological monitoring, surveillance of parasitic infections, and comparative studies in wildlife populations. The Mini-FLOTAC is a novel flotation-based technique for the sensitive detection and quantification of gastrointestinal parasites that is recently being explored for use in wildlife. A limitation of any flotation-based copromicroscopic method is the selection of the flotation solution (FS), which might influence the performance of the test. However, no study has compared the influence of using different FS in the Mini-FLOTAC technique for parasite detection in wild birds. Here, we evaluated the diagnostic performance of the Mini-FLOTAC in three waterbird host species using two widely used FS: saturated salt (NaCl; specific gravity 1.20) and saturated zinc sulfate (ZnSO
Identifiants
pubmed: 34347167
doi: 10.1007/s00436-021-07267-9
pii: 10.1007/s00436-021-07267-9
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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IM
Pagination
3319-3324Subventions
Organisme : Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico
ID : 1191769
Organisme : Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico
ID : 3170875
Organisme : Centro de Humedales
ID : CEHUM-2018-01-08
Informations de copyright
© 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
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