“The scientists would examine the animal's feces for any signs of intestinal parasites.”

“The Egyptian vulture, not content with rotten meat, also consumes cow and sheep feces.”

“The birds then obligingly dropped their feces into well-placed plastic flowerpots near popular perches throughout a large, wooded test area.”

“This piece of journalistic feculence even has a column listing fascinating facts about ice cream.”

“In open sunlight, the peat gave off an olfactory roar that recalled to Louis Thanksgiving the feculence that hung over Clarinda.”

“According to present usage, the word is more generally applied to the feculence deposited from the juice of the wild cucumber.”

“It is important to change the baby's nappy regularly, to minimise the chance of urine and faeces irritating the skin.”

“In 1997, 2436 faeces samples from patients of gastroenteritis were processed for enteric pathogens.”

“Direct contact with secretions and excretions, especially faeces from infected birds.”