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A Statistical Examination of the Worm Egg Count Sampling Technique for Sheep

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2009

G. C. Hunter  and
M. H. Quenouille
G. C. Hunter
Affiliation:
Rowett Research Institute, Aberdèen
M. H. Quenouille
Affiliation:
Statistics Department, Marischal College, Aberdeen University*.
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The use of worm egg counts for observational and experimental purposes in naturally infested sheep has become very popular since Whitlock and Gordon (1989) introduced the simple and efficient McMaster slide technique. When using a dilution technique such as this, the accuracy of the count increases as more eggs are counted. In order to count more eggs when using the McMaster slide it is usually more convenient, in practice, to take more samples (i.e. count more cells) than to alter the dilution. It is therefore desirable to know the optimum number of samples which should be counted for each sheep when comparing the counts of naturally infested sheep. The usefulness of sampling on one or more days is another problem concerning experiments of this nature.

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Research Papers
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 26 , Issue 4 , December 1952 , pp. 157 - 170
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1952

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