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Rumen Ciliate Protozoa in Ohio White‐tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
Author(s) -
DEHORITY BURK A.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
the journal of protozoology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.067
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1550-7408
pISSN - 0022-3921
DOI - 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1990.tb01249.x
Subject(s) - odocoileus , rumen , ciliate , biology , protozoa , white (mutation) , zoology , veterinary medicine , ecology , botany , food science , medicine , biochemistry , fermentation , gene
. Rumen contents were obtained from 23 white‐tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), located in the eastern portion of central Ohio. Samples were taken during late fall and winter over a 4‐yr period, 1986–1990. Protozoan numbers ranged from 0.002 to 7.25 × 10 6 per ml of rumen contents, with a mean of 2.96 × 10 6 . Six deer had protozoan concentrations higher than any values previously reported in ruminants. In all 23 animals, Entodinium dubardi was the only ciliate protozoan species present.