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fecal flotation (Sciuridae)

Subcategory: parasitological
Standard reference: MacNeal 1904
Papers: 8 | Mentions: 8

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Description

Fecal sample collection and zinc sulfate flotation protocol for detecting intestinal parasites including Ascaris, Eimeria, and Entamoeba in marmot feces.

Typical Equipment

  • formalin
  • Ova FloatTM Zn 118
  • wet slides
  • microscope

Output Measurements

  • Ascaris presence
  • Eimeria presence
  • Entamoeba presence
  • parasite diversity

Papers Using This Protocol (8)

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Is the propensity to emit alarm calls associated with health status?

2020Current Zoologyusing
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Parasites Are Associated With Noisy Alarm Calls

2019Front. Ecol. Evol.using
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Are Marmot Alarm Class Condition Dependent?

2019using
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Assessing the sensitivity of foraging and vigilance to internal state and environmental variables in yellow-bellied marmots (<i>Marmota flaviventris</i>).

2016Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiologyusing
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Social attributes and associated performance measures in marmots: bigger male bullies and weakly affiliating females have higher annual reproductive success

2012Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiologyusing
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Parasite infection and host dynamics in a naturally fluctuating rodent population

2012Canadian Journal of Zoologyusing
student_paper

Foraging behavior of parasitized and non-parasitized voles during new moon and full moon events

2009using
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The importance of parasitism and body condition in explaining variation in anti-predator vigilance in the yellow bellied marmot (<i>Marmota flaviventris</i>)

2008using