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Formalin - Ether Sedimentation Technique

Duration: 8 min

Year Published: 1965

Creator: U S Public Health Serv

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Demonstrates a rapid procedure for detecting protozoan cysts and helminth eggs in fecal specimens. A suspension of fecal material is treated with formalin and with ether which results in the concentration of the parasites in the sediment where they can be easily detected microscopically.

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