| rumen ciliated protozoan fauna of the yak (bos grunniens) in china with the description of entodinium monuo n. sp. | rumen ciliate species composition was surveyed in domestic yaks kept in tibet, sichuan, and inner mongolia, china. twelve genera including 36 species with 18 formae were identified. the species compositions were slightly different among the three areas: yaks in tibet had the simplest fauna, in contrast, the fauna of yaks in inner mongolia were the most abundant and similar to those found in the cattle kept in the same area. this suggests that the rumen ciliate composition of yaks is affected by ... | 2000 | 10750847 |