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- From: young@serum.kodak.com (Rich Young)
- Subject: Re: Confused about worms...
- Message-ID: <1992Nov24.003638.14262@pixel.kodak.com>
- Originator: young@sasquatch
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- Organization: Clinical Diagnostics Division, Eastman Kodak Company
- References: <19NOV199210074848@lims01.lerc.nasa.gov> <1992Nov19.212200.21525@pixel.kodak.com> <H.ea.aqg1UaaT&o_@harvee.billerica.ma.us>
- Date: Tue, 24 Nov 92 00:36:38 GMT
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- In article <H.ea.aqg1UaaT&o_@harvee.billerica.ma.us> scm@harvee.billerica.ma.us writes:
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- [...]
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- >Tapeworms don't always shed segments, and they seldom shed eggs, which is
- >why a vet's fecal exam doesn't always detect them. The method you refer
- >to is called the "flotation" method. The stool is diluted, not in water,
- >but in a special solution which makes the mixture heavier than worm eggs.
- >A cover slip is put on top, so any eggs that float to the top will stick to
- >the cover slip. After it sits for a while, the cover slip is put on a slide
- >and examined. This works for detecting eggs, but *only* if the eggs are
- >present to begin with. Tapeworms and canine whipworms don't always shed
- >eggs. Roundworms and hookworms usually do. Coccidia is not a worm, but
- >a one-celled parasite which also can show up in a fecal exam, since it
- >floats to the top of the fecal flotation medium.
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- Good stuff. Thanks for the correction. This brings up the obvious
- question though: how DO you verify the presence of tapeworms? Luck?
- Or just observation over time combined with repeated fecal testing?
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- -Rich Young (These are not Kodak's opinions.)
-