Table 3 Eggs per gram (EPG) of faeces mean of Fasciola hepatica (FH) and Calicophoron daubneyi (CD) using naturally infected bovine faecal samples from ten farms analysed individually (no. 20 samples for each farm) only with Mini-FLOTAC (MF) technique and as pooled faecal samples (no. 4 pools samples for each farm) using also Flukefinder® (FF) and sedimentation (SED) techniques included in the study
No. cattle farm | MF | FF | SED | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Individual faecal samples (EPG mean) | Pooled faecal samples (EPG mean) | Pooled faecal samples (EPG mean) | Pooled faecal samples (EPG mean) | |||||
FH | CD | FH | CD | FH | CD | FH | CD | |
1 | 2.50 | 151.50 | 2.50 | 147.50 | 0.73 | 71.33 | 3.88 | 126.25 |
2 | 1 | 68.5 | 1.25 | 65 | 0.38 | 32.88 | 3.00 | 52.63 |
3 | 1.50 | 153.25 | 1.25 | 148.75 | 0.40 | 67.25 | 3.13 | 131.38 |
4 | 1 | 45 | 1.25 | 40 | 0.13 | 18.70 | 2.38 | 34.88 |
5 | 0 | 25.25 | 0 | 22.50 | 0 | 7.25 | 0 | 20.38 |
6 | 2.25 | 18.25 | 2.50 | 16.25 | 0.58 | 7.98 | 3.38 | 14.88 |
7 | 0 | 142.75 | 0 | 135 | 0 | 45.88 | 0 | 32.63 |
8 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 16.13 | 0 | 32.63 |
9 | 0 | 171 | 0 | 168.75 | 0 | 50.55 | 0 | 132 |
10 | 1 | 67 | 1.25 | 65 | 0.2 | 30.63 | 2.13 | 54.88 |