Preliminary Finding on Anomalous Cleavage and Degeneration of Intestinal Nematode Eggs (Nematodirus sp.) after Oral Administration of Medium-Chain Fatty Acid in Calves

Table 1

Fecal shedding of parasitic eggs and coccidial oocysts before and after medium-chain fatty acid (MCFA) administration in calves.

		Before		After^†
		Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Nematodirus sp.	EPG	78	32	71	49
(Anomalous eggs)	(%)	(0)		(2.8)	(1.6)
Other nematodes	EPG	131	85	172	163
Coccidia	OPG	182	130	15^∗	6

(𝑛=4); EPG: Eggs/g feces; OPG, Oocysts/g feces.
^†7-day period following MCFA administration.
*Significantly different from before MCFA administration (𝑃<.05).