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Rumen ciliate fauna of domestic sheep (Ovis aries) in İzmir, Turkey and scanning electron microscopic observations    
Yazarlar
Prof. Dr. Gözde GÜRELLİ Prof. Dr. Gözde GÜRELLİ
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Özet
Species composition and distribution of ciliates were investigated in the rumen contents of 15 domestic sheep (Ovis aries) living in Izmir, Turkey. Twenty-three species and 11 morphotypes belonging to nine genera were identified. The density of ciliates was 118.3 ± 63.5 × 104 cells ml-1, and the mean number of ciliate species per host was 13.5 ± 5.3. Entodinium simulans was the most abundant species, with a prevalence of 100%. Two morphotypes of Diplodinium flabellum were identified, such as D. flabellum m.aspinatum and D. flabellum m. monospinatum, and E. simulans m. dubardi was found for the first time in domestic sheep in Turkey. The scanning electron microscopic observations of Entodinium longinucleatum, E. bursa, E. rectangulatum m. rectangulatum, E. semahatae, E. exiguum, E. minimum, E. simulans m. caudatum, E. dilobum, Diplodinium flabellum m.aspinatum, D. dentatum, Isotricha prostoma, Metadinium affine, Enoploplastrom triloricatum, Dasytricha ruminantium, Ophryoscolex caudatus m. tricoronatus, Epidinium ecaudatum m. parvicaudatum, and Polyplastron multivesiculatum were studied.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Ciliate | Rumen | SEM | Sheep | Turkey
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı ZOOTAXA
Dergi ISSN 1175-5326
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 07-2017
Cilt No 4286
Sayı 4
Sayfalar 545 / 554
Doi Numarası 10.11646/zootaxa.4286.4.6
Makale Linki https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4286.4.7