PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cotton swab capable of reducing irregularity of a collection amount of a biological sample, especially feces, concerning a cotton swab formed by planting many fibers on the tip of a shaft body and to provide a test kit including the cotton swab.SOLUTION: In a cotton swab for feces formed by planting many fibers for collecting feces on the tip of a shaft body, including a collection part where fibers are planted, and a shaft part extending from the collection part, the collection part has at least a first region, a second region, and a marker for discriminating between the first region and the second region, and the second region is positioned on the shaft part side relative to the first region.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1COPYRIGHT: (C)2019,JPO&INPIT【課題】軸体の端部に多数の繊維が植毛された綿棒において、生体試料、特に糞便の採取量のバラツキを低減することができる綿棒及びこの綿棒を備える検査キットを提供する。【解決手段】軸体の端部に糞便を採取するための多数の繊維が植毛された採便用の綿棒であって、繊維が植毛されてなる採取部と、採取部から延びる軸部と、を備え、採取部は、少なくとも第一領域及び第二領域と、第一領域と第二領域とを識別するための目印とを有し、第二領域は、第一領域に対して軸部側に位置する。【選択図】図1
