Abstract
Summary Concentrations of rumen ciliate protozoa in 12 Australian red deer ( Cervus elaphus L.) ranged from 15.0 to 50.9 × 10 4 per g. Mean percentage generic distributions were: Entodinium , 83.6; Diplodinium , 3.0; Eudiplodinium , 9.6; Metadinium , 1.9; Elytroplastron , 0.9; Epidinium , 0.4 and Isotricha , 0.5. Twenty species were identified, nine of which represent a new host record. This brings the total number of ciliate species identified in red deer to 32. Most cells of Diplodinium rangiferi were spined, which has not been observed previously. Earlier reports on generic and species composition in red deer are summarized and compared to the present results.
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