Ege University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Zoology Section, 35100 Bornova/Izmir, Turkey.
Eur J Protistol. 2011 Nov;47(4):245-55. doi: 10.1016/j.ejop.2011.04.005. Epub 2011 Jun 8.
Species composition and distribution of large intestinal ciliates were investigated in the feces from 15 Turk rahvan horses, living in the vicinity of Izmir, Turkey. Twenty-two ciliate genera consisting of 36 species were identified. This is the first report on intestinal ciliates in Turk rahvan horses and no previously unknown species were observed. The mean number of ciliates was 14.2±13.9×10(4) cells ml(-1) of feces and the mean number of ciliate species per host was 9.9±7.1. No ciliates were observed in 2 horses. Bundleia and Blepharocorys were considered to be the major genera since these ciliates were constantly found in high proportions. In contrast, Paraisotricha, Didesmis and Gassovskiella were only observed at low frequencies. The ciliates found in this survey had almost the same characteristics as those described in previous reports, suggesting that there was no significant geographic variation in the intestinal ciliate fauna of equids.
本研究调查了土耳其伊兹密尔附近 15 匹土耳其纯种马粪便中的大肠纤毛虫的种类组成和分布。共鉴定出 22 个纤毛虫属，包括 36 个种。这是首次对土耳其纯种马肠道纤毛虫的报道，没有观察到以前未知的种。纤毛虫的平均数量为每毫升粪便 14.2±13.9×10(4)个细胞，每个宿主的纤毛虫平均种类数为 9.9±7.1。有 2 匹马没有观察到纤毛虫。由于这些纤毛虫经常以高比例存在，束毛属和眼虫属被认为是主要属。相比之下，Paraisotricha、Didesmis 和 Gassovskiella 只观察到低频率。本研究中发现的纤毛虫与以前报道的纤毛虫具有几乎相同的特征，这表明马属动物肠道纤毛虫区系在地理上没有显著差异。
