How to Conduct a Fecal Egg Count in Sheep and Goats

[@jamesangeladeans9548]

Thank you this has been great help for my study

[@selvaraj8002]

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[@goatvetoz]

Thanks- great video and essential for all goat owners to use

[@aminatabeye7390]

Thank you for this video

[@joralert]

For coccidia is the same process or how do you get the count for coccidia?

[@edencollins3430]

Same process! Same for all parasites...intestinal anyway.

[@Youngene]

Can we reuse the Mac master slide?

[@PurdueExtension]

We checked with our specialist and he said yes, the McMaster slide can be reused after washing. I hope that's helpful.

[@Youngene]

@@PurdueExtension thank you.

[@helenesstables]

OMG, this is so complicated. I can understand why it costs so much to have it done at the lab!

[@checkyourbrakes]

We do our own. It takes some practice, but it’s easier than it sounds. It’s worth trying it out a few times, because it brings one of your ongoing costs down and once you get the hang of it you can test your most susceptible animals any time. Don’t be intimidated

[@y.d.343]

Thanks

[@cynthiaalby]

Does it need to be a binocular microscope? And did you say you are only magnifying by x10?

[@PurdueExtension]

We checked with our sheep and goat specialist, and he said yes to both. I hope you find that helpful!

[@Rob1066N]

My vet told me that it is often called x10 but that is because you use the x10 objective but you are also using the x10 eyepiece so it is actually x100. Not sure why it has to be a binocular.

[@naturewatcher7596]

For how many samples that pound of sugar is used? Seems like wasting a lot of sugar.

[@herbiehusker1889]

I'm not sticking my finger up a goats backside. I'll just pick it off the barn floor.

[@naturewatcher7596]

Or just hold a cup during the goat pooping. Why to get inside the goat for it?

[@madzzz1659]

To have a accurate fecal you have to get it while it’s coming out if it’s butt lol because if you pick it up it gets contaminated and could give inaccurate results.

[@edencollins3430]

@@naturewatcher7596 bc (for me at least) my goats never want to poop when I'm trying to collect. If you go in and get it yourself your not standing around waiting 🤣

[@joshuahunt1210]

Why "exactly" 8 times? I've never seen anybody do that.

[@aaroncharlesworth408]

She did say the total number of times was unimportant. I have a feeling the stirring before is to help evenly distribute the solids in the sample drawn.

[@Rob1066N]

@@aaroncharlesworth408 I think she said it was important. My vet said important it is random stirring but not fast or powerful as then the eggs are pushed to the outside and NOT randomly distributed.

[@erdemir5641]

Seems pointless - how is the sugar solution having any effect with this method. I could understand if you let the eggs float to the top and took a sample from the top

[@edencollins3430]

You need the sugar/salt solution to be heavier than the eggs, so the eggs will float to the top.

[@littleguyties]

how do you know what a good number/bad number is

[@Rob1066N]

It varies on animal type and worm type (eg haemonchus is bad in lower quantities) but for general strongyle and nematodirus, my vet told me, below 250epg is good, 250-750 is medium and probably needs treatment while over 750 is high and does need treatment.

[@simplethings3730]

That is 12 oz of water.