title: Rumen protozoa in South African sheep with a summary of the worldwide distribution of sheep protozoa.
abstract: Protozoa species were identified in rumen contents of four domestic sheep (Ovis aries) from  South Africa. All animals were fed a forage diet which consisted of 50% lucerne and 50% teff  hay. Ten new host records were identified, bringing the total number of species and forms  observed in sheep in South Africa to 30. The occurrence and geographic distribution of ciliate  protozoa in both domestic and wild sheep from around the world are summarised. It was  found that 15 genera and 131 species occur in domestic sheep globally.
authors: Department of Anatomy and Physiology, University of Pretoria. dbooyse@op.up.ac.za.
authors: Dirk
authors: D
authors: Booyse
authors: Burk A
authors: BA
authors: Dehority
mesh_terms: D000821:Animal Feed; D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000469:parasitology; D016798:Ciliophora / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000455:Medicago sativa / Q000378:metabolism; D010802:Phylogeny; D012417:Rumen / Q000469:parasitology*; D012756:Sheep; D034561:Sheep, Domestic / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology; D013019:South Africa