Comparative Evaluation of Copromicroscopic Techniques for Diagnosis of Spirocerca lupi eggs in Canines Jyothi Sree Ch.1,*, Md. Hafeez2, Kumar M. Udaya3 Department of Veterinary Parasitology, NTR College of Veterinary Science Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University (SVVU) Gannavaram-521101 (Andhra Pradesh) 1Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Parasitology, NTR College of Veterinary Science Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University (SVVU) Gannavaram-521101 (Andhra Pradesh) 2Retired Professor, Department of Veterinary Parasitology, NTR College of Veterinary Science Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University (SVVU) Gannavaram-521101 (Andhra Pradesh) 3Professor and University Head, Department of Veterinary Parasitology, NTR College of Veterinary Science Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University (SVVU) Gannavaram-521101 (Andhra Pradesh) *Corresponding author E-mail: jyothisreehari@gmail.com
Online published on 4 May, 2019. Abstract Copromicroscopic examination was undertaken for detection of Spirocera lupi eggs in naturally infected dogs. A total of 562 dog faecal samples were screened by three different methods, i.e. Faecal sedimentation, Sheather's sugar flotation and Sodium nitrate flotation techniques, which revealed 17 positives for S. lupi eggs with a prevalence rate of 3.02. Comparative analysis of all these copromicroscopic techniques revealed 1.06, 2.84 and 3.02 percent sensitivity by sedimentation, Sheather's sugar flotation and Sodium nitrate flotation technique respectively. Top Keywords Copromicroscopic examination, flotation technique, Spirocerca lupi, sedimentation technique. Top |