Infraciliature of Eudiplodinium dilobum, E. rostratum and E. maggii

The aim of this study was to demonstrate the infraciliature of rumen ciliates, Eudiplodinium dilobum, E. rostratum, and E. maggii by using pyridinated silver carbonate impregnation method. The specimens of E. dilobum, E. rostratum, and E. maggii were obtained from the rumen contents of water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) in Kastamonu, Turkey. As the result of the investigation, Diplodinium-type infraciliature was detected in E. dilobum, E. rostratum, and E. maggii. The buccal infraciliature of E. dilobum, E. rostratum, and E. maggii was composed of two polybrachykineties and paralabial kineties. The adoral polybrachykinety encircled most of the circumference of the vestibular opening and the vestibular polybrachykinety extended along the dorsal wall of the vestibulum from the inner edge of the adoral polybrachykinety