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Table 4 Impact of sedimentation time in incubation jars and in conical glasses on numbers of A. suum larvae (mean ± SD) recovered from lung tissue. All samples: Three hours incubation of agar gels, n = 4 unless something else is specified. No significant differences in worm counts were obtained.

From: Optimization of the Agar-gel Method for Isolation of Migrating Ascaris suumLarvae From the Liver and Lungs of Pigs

 

Sedimentation time in jars

Sedimentation time in glass

1 h

2 h

 

1/2 h

1 h

2 h

1/2 h

1 h

2 h

Larval count in sediment

16 ± 2 (n = 3)

19 ± 12

20 ± 6

21 ± 8

25 ± 12

21 ± 10

Larval count in supernatant

0 ± 0

0 ± 0

0 ± 0

0 ± 0

0 ± 0

0 ± 0