Preliminary evaluation of a novel, fully automated, Telenostic device for rapid field-diagnosis of cattle parasites.

ABSTRACT: New ideas for diagnostics in clinical parasitology are needed to overcome some of the difficulties experienced in the widespread adoption of detection methods for gastrointestinal parasites in livestock. Here we provide an initial evaluation of the performance of a newly developed automated device (Telenostic) to identify and quantify parasitic elements in fecal samples. This study compared the Telenostic device with the McMaster and Mini-FLOTAC for counting of strongyle eggs in a fecal sample. Three bovine fecal samples were examined, in triplicate, on each of the three fecal egg-counting devices. In addition, both manual (laboratory technician) and automated analysis (image analysis algorithm) were performed on the Telenostic device to calculate fecal egg counts (FEC). Overall, there wer

SUBMITTER: Elghryani N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10317713 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature