. 2016 Feb 27;9(2):211–215. doi: 10.14202/vetworld.2016.211-215

Table-1.

Average oocyst counts in different diagnostic methods (n=26 of 455 samples).

Staining methods	Average oocyst counts
SSF	8.000±0.528^c
ZN (cold)	4.321±0.487^a
ZN (hot)	4.250±0.498^a
KAF	4.415±0.484^a
SMB	5.072±0.459^a
Malachite green	3.495±0.335^ab
Light green	1.650±0.298^b
Nigrosin	3.449±0.356^ab

The mean values within a column bearing different superscript differ significantly (p≤0.05). ZN=Ziehl–Neelsen, SSF=Sheather’s sugar flotation, KAF=Kinyoun’s acid-fast method, SMB=Safranin-methylene blue staining