Intestinal ciliates found in the feces of Japanese native Tokara pony, with the description of a new genus and a new species

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 103-108

  Ito, Akira ^a   Imai, Soichi ^b   Ogimoto, Keiji ^b   Nakahara, Manabu ^c  

^a Yoron Public Office   (Japan)

^b NIPPON VETERINARY AND LIFE SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ciliate density; Equine protozoa; Intestinal ciliate; Pony (Tokara native); Wolskana tokarensis

Indexed keywords

BUETSCHLIIDAE; CILIOPHORA; EQUIDAE; PROTOZOA;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; FECES; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; INTESTINE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGING; ANIMALS; CILIOPHORA; CILIOPHORA INFECTIONS; FECES; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; JAPAN; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0030077158     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.58.103     Document Type: Article

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