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Microplastics in Small Ruminants II
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Researchers examined 100 fecal samples from goats in Manabí Province, Ecuador, finding microplastic contamination in all samples and identifying the specific plastic types using two laboratory processing methods.
The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the presence of microplastics in goats in one of the cantons, in the province of Manabí, Ecuador; the unit of analysis was goat feces (Capra aegagrus hircus), the type of research used was field, non-experimental, observational, transversal, descriptive and analytical. In this study, 100 fecal samples were collected for the purpose of processing them in the laboratory of the Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia This was done using two types of techniques. The procedure to follow was to leave them in the incubator for 4 hours at a temperature of 37.5 °C with the help of a glass pipette, a drop of the sample was taken and placed on the slide and then covered with a glass plate coverslip and finally observe it under a microscope with a 10x objective. Obtaining as a result a prevalence of 93% with the supersaturated saline solution and 100% of potassium hydroxide solution to a 10% in the presence of microplastics in the analyzed samples. Regarding the sex variable, statistical significance was found in females corresponding to a free grazing system. It is important to keep in mind in future research the toxicity and its impact on the health that may affect goats.
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