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Table 1 Mean accuracy (%) of Mini-FLOTAC and McMaster (grids and chambers) at the different EPG levels resulting from the experiment performed in Belgium and in Italy

From: Cattle gastrointestinal nematode egg-spiked faecal samples: high recovery rates using the Mini-FLOTAC technique

FEC method

10 EPG

50 EPG

100 EPG

200 EPG

500 EPG

Belgium

 Mini-FLOTAC

95.8

96.7

97.9

98.5

99.4

 McMaster grids

0

58.3

87.5

87.5

95.0

 McMaster chambers

25.0

42.5

68.8

88.2

92.0

Italy

 Mini-FLOTAC

95.8

98.3

99.2

99.6

99.5

 McMaster grids

0

66.7

87.5

87.5

95.8

 McMaster chambers

37.5

40.0

68.8

84.4

91.3