TY - JOUR
T1 - Uses and limitations of faecal egg count for assessing worm burden in wild boars
AU - Gassó, Diana
AU - Feliu, Cales
AU - Ferrer, David
AU - Mentaberre, Gregorio
AU - Casas-Díaz, Encarna
AU - Velarde, Roser
AU - Fernández-Aguilar, Xavier
AU - Colom-Cadena, Andreu
AU - Navarro-Gonzalez, Nora
AU - López-Olvera, Jorge Ramón
AU - Lavín, Santiago
AU - Fenández-Llario, Pedro
AU - Segalés, Joaquim
AU - Serrano, Emmanuel
PY - 2015/1/1
Y1 - 2015/1/1
N2 - © 2015 Elsevier B.V. The most widely used technique to assess helminth infection in both domestic and wild mammals is the faecal egg count (FEC). Most efforts to test the reliability of FEC as a proxy for parasite load are in small ruminant studies and limited work has evaluated the use of FEC in pigs. The aim of this study was to explore whether FEC is a reliable indicator of helminth load, and to evaluate the effects of sample storage on FEC accuracy in 59 wild boars. Though FEC was useful for assessing most helminth infections (e.g., Metastrongylus spp., Ascaris suum, Trichuris suis), stomach nematodes were often missed. The accuracy of FEC decreased over time, and thus it is recommended that samples be processed within 5 days of collection.
AB - © 2015 Elsevier B.V. The most widely used technique to assess helminth infection in both domestic and wild mammals is the faecal egg count (FEC). Most efforts to test the reliability of FEC as a proxy for parasite load are in small ruminant studies and limited work has evaluated the use of FEC in pigs. The aim of this study was to explore whether FEC is a reliable indicator of helminth load, and to evaluate the effects of sample storage on FEC accuracy in 59 wild boars. Though FEC was useful for assessing most helminth infections (e.g., Metastrongylus spp., Ascaris suum, Trichuris suis), stomach nematodes were often missed. The accuracy of FEC decreased over time, and thus it is recommended that samples be processed within 5 days of collection.
KW - Coprological analysis
KW - McMaster egg counting
KW - Sus scrofa
U2 - 10.1016/j.vetpar.2015.02.006
DO - 10.1016/j.vetpar.2015.02.006
M3 - Article
SN - 0304-4017
VL - 209
SP - 133
EP - 137
JO - Veterinary Parasitology
JF - Veterinary Parasitology
IS - 1-2
ER -