Rumen protozoal diversity in the Spanish ibex (Capra pyrenaica hispanica) as compared with domestic goats (Capra hircus)

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 112-120

  de la Fuente, Gabriel ^a,b   Belanche, Alejandro ^a   Abecia, Leticia ^a   Dehority, Burk A ^b   Fondevila, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ciliates from ruminants; Diversity; Domestic goats; Rumen ciliates; Spanish ibex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GOAT; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PROTOZOON; RUMINANT STOMACH; STOMACH JUICE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; GOATS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; PROTOZOA; RUMEN;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; CAPRA PYRENAICA; CILIOPHORA; DASYTRICHA; ENTODINIUM; ENTODINIUM CAUDATUM; ENTODINIUM EXIGUUM; EPIDINIUM; EPIDINIUM CAUDATUM; ISOTRICHA; ISOTRICHIDAE; OPHRYOSCOLEX; OVIBOS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 67349175258     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: 16180429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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