Ciliate protozoa in the rumen of sassaby antelope, Damaliscus lunatus lunatus, including the description of a new species and form

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 586-591

  Ito, Akira ^a   Arai, Natsuko ^b   Tsutsumi, Yoshiatsu ^c   Imai, Soichi ^b  

^a Yoron Public Office   (Japan)

^b NIPPON VETERINARY AND LIFE SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Diplodinium bubalidis f. aspinosum; Ostracodinium damaliscus; Polybrachykinety; Silver impregnation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ANTELOPE; CILIOPHORA; DAMALISCUS; DAMALISCUS LUNATUS LUNATUS; ENTODINIUM; EUDIPLODINIUM; ISOTRICHIDAE; JANUS; OPHRYOSCOLECIDAE; OPISTHOTRICHUM; OSTRACODINIUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031278876     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1997.tb05964.x     Document Type: Article

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