Fig. 2From: Seasonal epidemiology of gastrointestinal nematodes of cattle in the northern continental climate zone of western Canada as revealed by internal transcribed spacer-2 ribosomal DNA nemabiome barcodinga On each pasture, 24 fecal pats were labelled with identification flags so that grass samples could be collected every 3 weeks from around the same pat. Fencing was set up to protect the sampling area from wildlife. b Schematic of the sampling method. Each sampling visit, grass samples were collected from one of the four 30 × 30-cm quadrants surrounding a pat. The quadrants were cut in clockwise order over the study periodBack to article page