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Rumen ciliates in the African (Cape) buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer) living in the vicinity of the Orpen Gate entrance into Kruger National Park, South Africa

  • 1. Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Universiity of Pretoria, Private Bag X04, Onderstepoort 0110, South Africa. E-mail:dirk.booyse@up.ac.za
  • 2. Department of Animal Sciences, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH 44691 U.S.A. E-mail:dehority.1@osu.edu
  • 3. State Veterinarian Office, Orpen road 1350, Orpen, South Africa. E-mail:svorpen@gmail.com

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Booyse, Dirk G., Dehority, Burk A., Reininghaus, Björn (2014): Rumen ciliates in the African (Cape) buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer) living in the vicinity of the Orpen Gate entrance into Kruger National Park, South Africa. Zootaxa 3846 (1): 138-144, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3846.1.8

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