title: A practical method for cleaning Baermann glassware.
abstract: When using the Baermann technique to detect larvae of Parelaphostrongylus tenuis in deer feces, it is difficult to ensure that no larvae remain on glassware between samples. Of several cleaning methods tested here, emersion in 95% ethanol after flushing with hot or cold water was the most effective and practical.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Lakehead University, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Whitlaw
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Lankester
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000891:Anti-Infective Agents, Local; D003670:Deer / Q000469:parasitology*; D000431:Ethanol; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology*; D005898:Glass; D007814:Larva; D008681:Metastrongyloidea / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010274:Parasitology / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D017206:Strongylida Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D000891:Anti-Infective Agents, Local; D014867:Water; D000431:Ethanol