RELATIONSHIP BATWEEN COPROLOGICAL AND SEROLOGICAL STUDIES ON TOXOCARA VITULORUM INFESTING BUFFALO- CALVES.

Document Type : Original Article

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Dept. Parasitology and Animal Discases, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.

Abstract

40 buffalo-calves (up to 2 months old) samples (fecal and its corresponding blood samples) were examined coprologically and serologically (using indirect haemagglutination test, IHAT). It was found that the infestation rate of Toxocara vitulorum after coprological Examination reached 57.14% compared with 71. 43% that detected by passive haemagglutination test.

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