Monoculaire microscoop

Professional monocular microscope & McMaster test kit

€ 395,00

A complete package for your fecal egg counts (FEC) testing at home:

1 Professional monocular microscope with sharp vision making it easier to identify and count worm eggs faster.

2 A McMaster test kit with all material you need for standard fecal egg counts with McMaster flotation method.

Includes free instruction booklet for doing equine manure testing at home. If you prefer to receive the instruction booklet for sheep & goats, please specify in the order notes.

 

Microscope specifications

 

A very good quality monocular microscope for professional use and excellent for FEC testing.

Easily set up such that exactly one column of the McMaster counting chamber can be counted.

Monocular microscope with viewing of one eye with achromatic DIN objectives for sharp vision.

FEC testing requires 100x magnification. The maximum magnification of the microscope is 1000x.

With the rechargeable battery, the microscope is also suitable for mobile use.

 

  • Four achromatic DIN objectives: 4x, 10x, 40x, 100x.
  • Eyepiece: 10x with pointer.
  • Magnifications: 40x, 100x, 400x, 1000x.
  • One-hand operation of the cross table.
  • Focus system: buttons for coarse and fine adjustment.
  • Comfortable viewing with 360° turnable head.
  • Lighting with LED.
  • Adjustable Abbe condenser with field diaphragm and filter holder.
  • Rechargeable battery.
  • Integrated dimmer.
  • Power supply 230V (5.5V/300mA).
  • Blue filter.
  • Immersion oil.
  • Dust cover.
  • Weight: 2.7 kg.
  • Five year warranty.
  • Operating instructions in English, French, German and Spanish.

McMaster test kit

 

Complete package for FEC testing according to the McMaster method:

  • McMaster-counting-slide
  • Precision scale
  • 500 grams of flotation salt sufficient for about 40 tests
  • Measuring cylinder 50 ml
  • Two beaker glasses
  • Tea strainer
  • Squeeze bottle
  • 5 Plastic syringes of 2 ml

FEC instruction booklet

 

You will receive a instruction booklet free of charge. By default, the horse instruction booklet is shipped. Want to do FEC counting for sheep & goats? If so, add it in the order notes.

 

FEC instruction booklet for horses, 21 pages A5.

Content:

  1. Worm management 3
  2. Parasites in horses 4
  3. General life cycle of worms 5
  4. Small redworm 6
  5. Large redworm 7
  6. Roundworm 8
  7. Tapeworm 9
  8. Pinworm 10
  9. Anthelmintics 11
  10. Deworming 12
  11. FEC settings for the microscope 13
  12. Fecal egg counts (FEC) method 14
  13. Identifying worm eggs in horses 16
  14. FEC testing result 19
  15. FEC testing plan 20
  16. Worm prevention tips 21

FEC instruction booklet for alpaca’s, 26 pages A5. NOT available in English, only in Dutch or German language.

Content:

  1. Worm management 3
  2. General life cycle of worms 4
  3. Barber’s pole worm (Haemonchus contortus) 5
  4. Nematodirus 6
  5. Trichostrongylus spp. 7
  6. Teladorsagia circumcincta 8
  7. Liver fluke (Fasciola hepatica) 9
  8. Large coccidia, E. Mac (Eimeria macusaniensis, Eimeria ivitaensis) 10
  9. Small coccidia (Eimeria) 11
  10. FAMACHA color chart 12
  11. Body Condition Score 13
  12. Anthelmintics 14
  13. Deworming 15
  14. Settings for the microscope 16
  15. Fecal egg counts (FEC) method 18
  16. Identify worm eggs 21
  17. FEC test results 24
  18. Worm prevention tips 26

FEC instruction booklet for sheep & goats, 18 pages A5.

Content:

  1. Worm management 3
  2. General life cycle of worms 4
  3. Barber’s pole worm (Haemonchus contortus) 5
  4. Nematodirus 6
  5. Trichostrongylus spp. 7
  6. Teladorsagia circumcincta 8
  7. Fasciola hepatica (Liverfluke) 6
  8. Eimeria (coccidia) 6
  9. FAMACHA color chart 7
  10. Anthelmintics 8
  11. Deworming 9
  12. Settings for the microscope 10
  13. Fecal egg counts (FEC) method 12
  14. Identify worm eggs 14
  15. FEC test results 17
  16. Worm prevention tips 18

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