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Table 2 Mean (± SD) fecal infective third-stage larval (L3) count for five pastures on the last sampling date

From: 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 barcoding

 

Fecal L3 counta

Grass L3 countb

Farm 2, pasture 2

1846 (3649)

254 (70)

Farm 2, pasture 3

20,274 (20,544)

557 (347)

Farm 3, pasture 1

361 (824)

91 (75)

Farm 3, pasture 2

1859 (4642)

144 (90)

Farm 3, pasture 3

2738 (3878)

182 (87)

  1. Sample size for fecal and grass groups is 24 and 6, respectively
  2. aFecal L3 count is expressed as the total number of L3 per fecal pat at the time of collection
  3. bGrass L3 count is the estimated total number of L3 on the grass surrounding each pat on the last sampling date
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Parasites & Vectors

ISSN: 1756-3305

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