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Know Thine Enemy Fecal Testing Kit and Supplies

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Internal parasites are the leading cause of death in goats (and other livestock) in the US.  The overuse and misuse of chemical dewormers has made parasites very resistant, so that routine all-herd dosing with dewormers is not effective nor advised anymore.  Watching your goat's mucus membrane color for signs of anemia and doing routine fecal exams to be able to target those goats that need medication has become the best way for a goatkeeper to help his charges avoid damage from parasites. 

Most test kits are a bit disappointing, they have some little cups, a couple of tongue depressors, a few plastic slides and coverslips, and a single page of instructions with some blurry drawings of worm eggs and a recipe for making flotation solution .  Why spend $100.00 or more for stuff you can pick up at Walmart? 

Our fecal testing kit comes with 2 options: (1) With a McMaster slide, and supplies for fecal float, fecal smear, Baermann, and sedimentation tests, (2) With no McMaster slide but with the supplies for doing fecal float, fecal smear, Baermann, and sedimentation tests. The full color instructional booklet comes with all kits, too.  We no longer offer microscopes since we can not reliably get them wholesale with a warranty guarantee for our customers.  See below for some suggestions for microscopes available on Amazon.

Our kit works for all species of livestock and companion animals.  Our booklet focuses mostly on goat parasites and parasitism, but has information and pictures of parasites in horses and other equines, dogs and cats, and chickens.  The equipment used and testing procedures described in the booklet are the same for all species.

The Testing Kit includes:

• Our instructional booklet Know Thine Enemy comes with all testing kits

• McMaster slide (not included in the $39.95 kit)

• 5 Fecalyzer test chambers for preparing the specimen

• 10 exam gloves

• packet of 12 glass slides

• packet of 100 glass coverslips

• 2 plastic pipettes

• 3 wooden tongue depressors

• 8 ounce bottle of flotation solution

• 2 Baermann test chambers with 10 gauze squares (lungworm test)

• large test tube with stand (liver fluke test)

Choose Your Kit Below:

A special 2 chambered slide with gridlines for making very accurate parasite egg counts. Use this to determine the precise parasite load of your animals and to determine parasite resistance to your dewormer. Made of durable acrylic with an easy to see green grid.  For best results and easier counting the McMaster slide works best with a microscope with a mechanical stage.  This slide is included in 3 of our kits.

This is a handy 16 page booklet discusses parasitism in goats, horses and other equines, dogs and cats, and chickens. It also has directions for making an eyepiece adaptor for your smartphone.  It has the most recent advances in controlling parasites in goats, but also has drug and dosing suggestions for horses, and dogs and cats. There are detailed illustrated instructions for doing 3 different types of fecal exams to detect stomach and intestinal worms, lungworms and liver flukes.  It includes clear photographs of parasites and parasite eggs found in goats, horses and pets, 2 recipes for making your own fecal flotation solution, easy methods of estimating the weight of your goats and horses for accurate dewormer dosing and up to date dewormer dosages for goats.  More detailed than most fecal testing instructions it is a great place to start tailoring your animal's optimal parasite control program.  There are many up to date references to detailed online information about controlling parasites in your herd and how to tailor a program to fit your area and your needs.

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