brine floatation method

An obsolete technique for concentrating parasitic ova from faeces. The most commonly used modern ova concentration methods in the USA are zinc sulphate centrifugal floatation technique of Faust and the formalin-ether sedimentation technique of Ritchie, and permutations thereof.

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