The onset of ciliate populations in newborn foals

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 145-147

  Egan, Catherine Elizabeth ^a   Snelling, Tim John ^a   McEwan, Neil Ross ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ciliates; Colonisation; Equine digestive tract

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; EQUIDAE; PROTOZOA;

EID: 77954474495     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: 16890027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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