Rumen ciliate fauna of Icelandic cattle, sheep, goats and reindeer

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1377, 2006, Pages 47-60

  De La Fuente, Gabriel ^a,b   Skirnisson, Karl ^c   Dehority, Burk A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Cattle; Ciliate protozoa; Goats; Iceland; Reindeer; Rumen; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CAPRA HIRCUS; CILIOPHORA; MYXOZOA; OPHRYOSCOLEX; OVIS ARIES; POLYPLASTRON; PROTOZOA; RANGIFER; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 33845800238     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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