Classical coprological methods allow for inexpensive, quick and reliable detection of parasitic elements. However, the detection of these parasitic elements may be insufficient and quantification of the parasitic burden may be required. As such, faecal egg counts can play a crucial role in providing these extra data. Herewith we describe the McMaster method, one of the most used faecal egg count methods described.

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Authors would like to thank Centro de Estudos em Educação, Tecnologias e Saúde (CI&DETS/IPV) for financing of project rumDISEASE (reference number PROJ/CI&DETS/2016/0023) and consortium Centro de Estudos em Educação, Tecnologias e Saúde and Caixa Geral de Depósitos (CI&DETS/CGD) for financing of project SBMERGE (PROJ/CI&DETS/CGD/009) and HEALTHY-ValorWhey (PROJ/CI&DETS/CGD/007). This work was supported by European Union Funds (QREN/FEDER) under the project Ovislab ICT-2013-05-0045314 ID-64757 and funds for Transnational Cooperation Portugal-Serbia (FCT / Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia) under the project SBVEPS. Authors would like to thank project POCI-01-0145-FEDER-006958 and National Funds by FCT - Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, under the project UID/AGR/04033/2013. Furthermore we would like to thank to UTAD and CITABS for their support.

ABC series on diagnostic parasitology part 2: the McMaster method

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