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. 1999 Jul;65(7):2820–2826. doi: 10.1128/aem.65.7.2820-2826.1999

TABLE 4.

Recovery of oocysts from a bovine manure slurry as a function of concentration, storage, and dispersion solution when the NaCl flotation method was used

Oocyst concn (oocysts g−1) Dispersion solution No. of days after spiking % Recovery Coefficient of variation (%)
104 Tris-Tween 80 3 3.2 ± 0.36a 11
6 2.1 ± 0.36 17
PBS 3 2.3 ± 0.30 13
6 2.4 ± 0.46 19
103 Tris-Tween 80 4 3.5 ± 0.14 40
7 1.9 ± 0.08 42
PBS 4 2.5 ± 1.4 56
7 2.4 ± 0.7 29
a

Mean ± standard deviation (n = 6).