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| Article Name : | | | DESCRIPTION OF PROTOZOAN CILIATE Entodinium caudatum forma caudatum (Stein,1859) FROM THE RUMEN OF INDIAN CATTLE, (Bos indicus) | | Author Name : | | | S. A. Kulkarni | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-4610 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | Rumen fluid samples of adult Indian cattle (Bos indicus) were collected and observed to study the morphology of rumen ciliate protozoa belonging to genus Entodinium. The present paper deals with the morpholosy of species Entodinium caudatum forma caudatum (Stein,1859), from the rumen of Indian cattle. The body measurements, frequency distribution and variations in the characters are recorded. Critical comments are made on it’s special identity. During the present study some of the specimens belonging to Entodinium caudatum f. caudatum showed remarkable variations in the body characters particularly in the size, shape and position of macronucleus and shape of the body. Such as club shaped macronucleus, broad anterior end nearly triangular in side view, general body shape varied from large oral to small elongated shape. | | Keywords : | | |
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