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Intestinal ciliate composition found in the feces of the Cypriot wild donkey, Equus asinus Linnaeus, 1758    
Yazarlar
Prof. Dr. Gözde GÜRELLİ Prof. Dr. Gözde GÜRELLİ
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Bayram Göçmen
Türkiye
Özet
Species composition and distribution of large intestinal ciliates was investigated in the feces from 13 Cypriot wild donkeys, free-living in the Karpaz national park, Northern Cyprus. We identified 16 ciliate genera and 22 species. This is the first report on intestinal ciliates in Cypriot wild donkeys, and no endemic species were observed. The genus Cycloposthium occurred in all animals. The mean number of ciliates was 3.0±2.5×104 cells ml-1 of feces and the mean number of ciliate species per host was 6.5±4.8. Characteristics of the wild donkey ciliates was almost identical to those reported in other equids from various regions around the world. We thus conclude that there is no pronounced geographic variation in the intestinal ciliate fauna of equids. © 2009 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Cyprus | Equus asinus | Feces | Intestinal ciliates | Wild donkey
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı European Journal of Protistology
Dergi ISSN 0932-4739
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 01-2010
Cilt No 46
Sayı 1
Sayfalar 38 / 42
Doi Numarası 10.1016/j.ejop.2009.09.001
Makale Linki https://pdf.sciencedirectassets.com/273189/1-s2.0-S0932473909X00052/1-s2.0-S0932473909000364/main.pdf?X-Amz-Date=20200514T082501ZX-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC