Improved detection of intestinal parasites.
Three decades of accumulated data by the Center for Disease Control indicate that formalin-ether extraction is the method of choice for routine screening of stool samples. This technic detects operculated eggs, nematode larvae and 20% more ova and cysts than the flotation method.
D000820:Animal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000818:Animals; D004987:Ethers; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology*; D005557:Formaldehyde; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D010270:Parasite Egg Count / Q000662:veterinary
D004987:Ethers; D005557:Formaldehyde