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Ciliated protozoan fauna in the forestomach of dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius) in Libya     
Yazarlar
Prof. Dr. Gözde GÜRELLİ
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Asem Ramadar Amar Mohamed
Özet
Species composition and distribution of ciliated protozoa obtained from the forestomach of 20 dromedary camels living in Zawiya, Libya were examined. Nineteen species and 10 morphotypes belonging to eight genera were identified. The mean number of ciliates was 54.2 ± 32.9 × 104 cells ml-1 in the forestomach contents, and the mean number of ciliate spe-cies per host was 6.5 ± 2.9. Entodinium and Epidinium were the main genera, as these ciliates were found consistently at higher proportions than those of the other genera. In contrast, Ophryoscolex and Polyplastron were only observed at low frequencies. Diplodinium rangiferi, Entodinium ellipsoideum, E. simulans, and Polyplastron multivesiculatum were new endosymbionts recorded from camels.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Ciliate | Dromedary camel | Forestomach | Libya | Protozoa
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 06-2018
Cilt No 4434
Sayı 3
Sayfalar 429 / 440
Doi Numarası 10.11646/zootaxa.4434.3.2
Makale Linki https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4434.3.2