Report on ciliates from the hindgut of horses in Iceland

Ciliates inhabiting the intestine of horses in Iceland were investigated. The population of horses on the island has been isolated for more than 1000 years, so their hindgut ciliates were also isolated all that time. The samples were taken from 6 horses on the territory of Iceland. More than 30 spec...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Амурский зоологический журнал
Main Authors: Olga A. Kornilova, Ludmila V. Chistyakova, Oksana G. Kamyshatskaya
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Russian
Published: Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia 2019
Subjects:
intestinal ciliates
equine hindgut ciliates
trichostomatids
Trichostomatia
Allantosomatidae
Iceland
Zoology
QL1-991
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.33910/2686-9519-2019-11-4-375-383
https://doaj.org/article/9597750f002849e4b45413bed7ce0493
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Summary:Ciliates inhabiting the intestine of horses in Iceland were investigated. The population of horses on the island has been isolated for more than 1000 years, so their hindgut ciliates were also isolated all that time. The samples were taken from 6 horses on the territory of Iceland. More than 30 species belonging to 18 genera were found. One species is a very rare.

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