Faecal analysis can be a useful diagnostic step for the investigation of weight loss, recurrent colic and diarrhoea/colitis cases. Faecal samples can be analysed for:
- Nematode egg counts
- Nematode larvae
- Clostridial toxins
- Aerobic and anaerobic enteropathogens
- Cryptosporidum and rotavirus (foal faecal samples)
- The presence of blood
- The presence of sand
