Intestinal ciliate composition found in the feces of the Cypriot wild donkey, Equus asinus Linnaeus, 1758
Küçük Resim Yok
Tarih
2010
Yazarlar
Dergi Başlığı
Dergi ISSN
Cilt Başlığı
Yayıncı
Erişim Hakkı
info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
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.
Açıklama
Anahtar Kelimeler
Cyprus, Equus asinus, Feces, Intestinal ciliates, Wild donkey
Kaynak
European Journal of Protistology
WoS Q Değeri
Scopus Q Değeri
Q2
Cilt
46
Sayı
1
