Table 1. Reduction in bulk debris of water buffalo fecal samples from the People's Republic of China by the FEA-SD method.

	Volume of sediment (ml)
*Sample	Initial (I)	Post FEA-SD (P)	I-P (ml)	I - P/I %
1A	1.3	0.2	1.1	84.6
1B	1.5	0.2	1.3	86.7
2A	1.6	0.6	1.0	62.5
2B	1.6	0.6	1.0	62.5
3A	1.0	0.4	0.6	60.0
3B	1.0	0.4	0.6	60.0
4A	1.7	0.3	1.4	82.4
4B	1.5	0.2	1.3	86.7
5A	1.8	0.6	1.2	66.7
5B	1.9	0.8	1.1	57.9
6A	2.0	0.8	1.2	60.0
6B	1.7	0.8	0.9	52.9
7A	1.3	0.4	0.9	69.2
7B	1.4	0.4	1.0	71.4
8A	2.5	0.8	1.7	68.0
8B	2.4	1.0	1.4	58.3
9A	1.4	0.3	1.1	78.6
9B	1.5	0.3	1.2	80.0
10A	1.0	0.3	0.7	70.0
10B	1.0	0.2	0.8	80.0
11A	1.0	0.2	0.8	80.0
11B	1.0	0.2	0.8	80.0
12A	1.0	0.3	0.7	70.0
12B	1.0	0.2	0.8	80.0
13A	1.0	0.5	0.5	50.0
13B	1.0	0.6	0.4	40.0
Mean	1.4	0.4	1.0	69.2
SD				12.3

^*Equivalent to 5 g feces/sample; n = 26.