• S.F.E.L.O. stands for Sedimentation, Flotation, Eggs, Larvae and Oocysts. 
  
• The WHITLOCK SFELO McMaster slide is specifically designed for parasite detection in large and small animals such as:

• Cattle Horses
• Sheep Goats
• Camels Deer
• Alpacas Ostriches and Emus
• Dogs and Cats Poultry
• any other animal, bird, fish or human where identification and counting required

• The WHITLOCK SFELO McMaster slide is used by

  • Farmers
  • Veterinarians
  • Testing and Research Laboratories
  • Teaching Colleges and Universities
    

• Engravings are on the undersurface of the top-piece for flotation egg counts and on the top surface of the base for counting eggs and larvae recovered by sedimentation methods, such as Fasciola, Paramphistomum, and lung-worm larvae. The identical engravings are opaqued for improved contrast.
  

• What IS a worm egg count?

(procedure): Details about the techniques which use these slides may be found in the Section on Anthelmintic Resistance in Sheep (para 9.1 in particular) in:            (see the book info ...)

Australian Standard Diagnostic Techniques for Animal Diseases.
ISBN 0 643 05243 7           636.0896075

developed through the

Standing Committee on Agriculture and Resource Management
Animal Health Committee
Sub-committee on Animal Health Laboratory Standards

published on their behalf by CSIROInformation Services, Australia.
Document available (1.6Mb)- on our website at
www.whitlock.com.au/slides/pdf/ASDT-AnthrlmResist-signed.pdf
and on the SCAHLS website at http://www.agriculture.gov.au/SiteCollectionDocuments/animal/ahl/ASDT-anthelminitic_resistance_in_sheep.pdf

• Each WHITLOCK S.F.E.L.O. McMaster slide features:
• made of glass
• four chambers, each 0.5ml volume
• each 0.5ml divided into five counting strips of 0.1ml
• four chambers to save time
• the ability to count four samples on each slide
• flotation OR sedimentation egg count design
• simple calculations.

Slides can be easily ordered by sending an email requesting an invoice, or a written order and cheque to the address below.
Please include, along with your address, your telephone contact number.