Table 5 Impact of sedimentation time in conical beakers and cylinder glasses, and of addition of gentamycin on numbers of A. suum larvae (mean ± SD) recovered from lung tissue. All samples: Three hours incubation of agar gels, n = 8.
Sedimentation in | ||||||
Conical beakers 1 h | Cylinder glass 1/2 h | Cylinder glass 1 h | ||||
Gentamycin | - | + | - | + | - | + |
Larval count in sediment | 40 ± 7a | 32 ± 7b | 30 ± 9 | 25 ± 8 | 28 ± 8 | 30 ± 4 |
Larval count in supernatant | 0 ± 0 | 0 ± 0 | <1 ± 0 | 0 ± 0 | 0 ± 0 | 0 ± 0 |