Reinecke, R.K.Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand2014-08-182014-08-1820131991Reinecke, RK & Groeneveld, HT 1991, 'Overberg Research Projects. X. Faecal egg counts in the interpretation of nematode worm burdens in sheep’, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 58, no. 3, pp. 149-153.0330-2465http://hdl.handle.net/2263/41379The articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590; 600dpi. Adobe Acrobat XI Pro was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format.Worm egg counts were compared with nematode worm burdens from data collected from >400 sheep killed in experiments on the epidemiology of nematode parasites in the Overberg, in the winter rainfall area of the southern Cape Province. Data were analysed in several ways but no method could be found to accurately estimate the number of nematodes present from the faecal egg count in respect of individual sheep. However, the mean natural log egg count (epg) can roughly predict the mean natural log nematode count in groups of sheep.en©South Africa. Dept. of Agricultural Technical Services. ©University of Pretoria. Dept. of Library Services (digital).Veterinary medicineVeterinary medicine -- South AfricaArticle