Rumen ciliate faunae of water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) and goat (Capra hircus) in Nepal.
Rumen ciliate composition of river-type water buffalo and goat in Nepal was surveyed. As the result of survey, 13 genera representing 52 species and 20 formae of the ciliates were identified. Of them 13 genera with 44 species and 9 formae were found from the water buffalo and 8 genera with 21 species and 12 formae from the goat. The present paper shows the first report of Hsiungella triciliata, Entodinium brevispinum, E. convexum, E. javanicum, E. rectangulatum f. rectangulatum, E. rectangulatum f. lobosospinosum, Diplodinium nanum, D. psittaceum, D. sinhalicum and Ostracodinium quadrivesiculatum from water buffalo and Epidinium ecaudatum f. parvicaudatum from goat.
Gurung
Yam Bahadur
YB
Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Institute of Agriculture and Animal Sciences, Tribhuvan University, Chitowan, Nepal.
Parajuli
Nirmal
N
Miyazaki
Yutaka
Y
Imai
Soichi
S
Kobayashi
Kosaku
K
D000818:Animals; D002020:Buffaloes / Q000469:parasitology*; D016798:Ciliophora / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006041:Goats / Q000469:parasitology*; D009390:Nepal; D012417:Rumen / Q000469:parasitology*