Ruminal Ciliate (Ciliophora, Trichostomatia) Biota of European Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) in Kastamonu

Year 2024, Volume: 8 Issue: 1, 46 - 50, 30.06.2024

Gözde Gürelli Ekrem Mutlu

https://doi.org/10.31594/commagene.1487597

Abstract

This study investigated the ruminal ciliate biota of European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in Kastamonu. Only one species, Entodinium dubardi (Ophryoscolecidae, Trichostomatia), was identified from the ruminal contents of twelve (70.6% prevalence) of seventeen roe deers. Five of seventeen roe deer had no ciliates. E. dubardi was determined for the first time from the ruminal content of roe deer in Türkiye. The average ciliate concentration was 17.5 ± 27.0 × 104 cells mL–1. Min.–max. values ranged from 0 to 87 × 104 cells mL–1.

Keywords

Cervidae, Entodinium dubardi, Ophryoscolecidae, microorganism, ecosystem

Thanks

We thank the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Kastamonu Provincial Directorate staff for their sampling assistance and Kastamonu University Central Research Laboratory for SEM images.

Kastamonu’daki Avrupa Karacalarının (Capreolus capreolus) İşkembe Siliyat (Ciliophora, Trichostomatia) Biyotası

Abstract

Bu çalışmada Kastamonu’daki Avrupa karacalarının (Capreolus capreolus) işkembe siliyat biyotası araştırılmıştır. Tek bir tür, Entodinium dubardi (Ophryoscolecidae, Trichostomatia) onyedi karacanın onikisinin (%70.6 yaygınlık) işkembe içeriğinden teşhis edilmiştir. Onyedi karacanın beşinde siliyat yoktur. E. dubardi Türkiye’deki karacaların (Capreolus capreolus) işkembe içeriğinden ilk defa tespit edilmiştir. Ortalama siliyat konsantrasyonu 17.5 ± 27.0 × 104 hücre mL–1’dir. Min.–maks. değerler 0’dan 87’ye × 104 hücre mL–1 değişmektedir.

Keywords

Cervidae, Entodinium dubardi, Ophryoscolecidae, mikroorganizma, ekosistem

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