Table 2. Comparison of the earliest day when faecal samples of E. granulosus-experimentally infected dogs tested positive with LAMP, PCR, Copro-ELISA and microscopy.

Assay	Earliest day				Mean day	*P value
	Dog 1	Dog 2	Dog 3	Dog 4
LAMP	21	22	23	23	22.25	0.000a
PCR	25	26	26	27	26	0.002b
Copro–ELISA	24	25	25	26	25	0.174c
Microscopy	68	69	69	71	69.25	0.000d

Note: a, LAMP versus PCR; b, LAMP versus Copro-ELISA; c, PCR versus Copro-ELISA; d, LAMP, PCR or Copro-ELISA versus microscopy.