Table 1. Summary of concentrated and recovered oocysts and their corresponding dilution factor employing chicken fecal materials (experimental infection).
Dilution factor | Percentage of oocyst recovery rate |
|
---|---|---|
Lighter layera | Heavier layera | |
1:20 | 15.86% ± 1.114% | 0.625% ± 0.094% |
1:15 | 44.49% ± 1.14% | 7.41% ± 0.94% |
1:12.5 | 80.68% ± 1.613% | 5.29% ± 2.92% |
1:10 | 66.47% ± 2.76% | 0.19% ± 0.0497% |
1:9 | 51.06% ± 1.579% | 2.948% ± 1.296% |
1:7.5 | 46.646% ± 3.189% | 39.22% ± 2.099% |
1:5 | 16.399% ± 2.037% | 0.0057% ± 0.0037% |
aEach value is a mean of ten separate runs.