The Onset of Ciliate Populations in Newborn Foals
cytuj
pobierz pliki
RIS BIB ENDNOTEChoose format
RIS BIB ENDNOTEThe Onset of Ciliate Populations in Newborn Foals
Publication date: 2010
Acta Protozoologica, 2010, Volume 49, Issue 2, pp. 145 - 147
Authors
The Onset of Ciliate Populations in Newborn Foals
The time of onset of survival of ciliate protozoa in the equine hindgut in new born foals was investigated. Daily faecal samples were collected from 6 new-born foals and studied under a microscope for examples of ciliates within the samples. The results of this study show that ciliates are first seen in faecal samples from the foal on day 5 post partum although these appeared to be voided and were assumed to be non-viable. However, by the following day the ciliates collected seen in the faecal samples appeared to be intact and were assumed to be viable. This observation is 5 days earlier than ciliates have previously been observed in faeces collected from the digestive tract of newborn foals.
Information: Acta Protozoologica, 2010, Volume 49, Issue 2, pp. 145 - 147
Article type: Original article
Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Llanbadarn Campus, Aberystwyth University, Wales
Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Llanbadarn Campus, Aberystwyth University, Wales
Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Llanbadarn Campus, Aberystwyth University, Wales
Published at: 2010
Article status: Open
Licence: None
Percentage share of authors:
Article corrections:
-Publication languages:
EnglishView count: 1386
Number of downloads: 1088