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Originally Posted by PennysMum  Mardelin,
Sorry if I misunderstood-- I thought you meant that you'd brought in the sample with the visible worm in it after the other samples were run. If the original samples had visible worms in them, whoever the tech was that was setting up the test should have identified it for you.
I'm guessing that your vet in Texas used in-house fecal floats. Those aren't 100% accurate either, and are usually significantly less accurate than tests run with a centrifuged sample, which is what most larger labs do. |
Nope, worms were visible on all samples.
Nope, my vet in Texas has a full lab, because of the problems he has with sending out samples to labs. Either way he has never misdiagnosed and does not prescribe de-wormers lightly, especially on new pups. I'd never had a case of worms with my dogs/pups, just this new female I'd brought in. I've stated before, I always just take a collective sample from a new litter as a precautionary measure. After all if one pup has parasites the others do to, as well as the mom.