Worm Egg Count Kit Lungworm

Test your pets faeces for the presence of worm eggs before spending out on or giving drugs to kill worms.

You can read more about my recommended parasite control on these pages

Faecal Egg Count

Faecal Egg Count (FEC) is a method of determining how many internal parasite eggs are present in a particular dung sample. It may also be possible to determine the different types of worms or other parasites present.

If eggs are found in a faecal sample it shows that worms are present in the animal.and you should get a wormer for your pet.

FACLAB is where we send our stool samples

"We always test our sample twice to ensure a professional accurate result

This is the lab we use and you can read a lot more about intestinal and lungworms found in the UK on their pages"

Worm Count Kits

Dogs and Cats

A kit to collect your pet's poop to send to the lab..

And then you will get results back and our Veterinary Surgeon will recommend treatment or not depending on the results

Dog & Cat Lungworms

A kit to collect your pet's poop to send to the lab to check for lung worm eggs

And then you will get results back and our Veterinary Surgeon will recommend treatment or not depending on the results


If you order you will receive a package with the equipment needed to collect a small faeces sample. You send it off the in envelope provided and our Vet gets the results back by email and we will forward it to you with professional recommendations.

In most cases you will find no worms and will not need to do any thing.

Postage and Lab testing included

Dog & Cat Lungworms
Unlike intestinal parasites, lungworms reside in the lungs of a dog. Most dogs will not show any signs of having lungworms, but some can develop a cough. Snails and slugs are popular intermediate hosts of this type of parasite, but dogs are usually infected after eating a bird or rodent who has ingested an intermediate host.or drinking from streams or puddles.
 
Lungworm
Our Lungworm faecal sample test is done using a technique called Baermann flotation , which may show larvae of both Angiostrongylus and Crenosoma but bear in mind that larvae may only be present intermittently in the faeces and dogs may show clinical signs such as coughing prior to the larvae being present in the faeces.
The faecal sample is suspended in a solution for 24 hours, Then analysed, Lungworm Faecal tests are not 100% , if you know of Lungworm cases in your area a veterinary blood test is advisable.

What types do we identify?

Dog Lungworm Analysis

• Oslerus osleri. (Canine Lungworm)

• Crenosoma vulpis, (Fox Lungworm)

• Filaroides Hirth (Canine Lungworm)

• Eucoleus aerophiles (Hedgehog Lungworm)

• Angiostrongylus Vasorum (French Heartworm)

Cat Lungworm Analysis

• Capillaria Aerophilus

• Aelurostrongylus Abstrusus