The rumen contents of 70 lactating Holstein cows fed five different rations were examined for ciliate protozoa. Species of eight genera of the family OphryoscoTecidae and two genera of the family 7sotrichidae were obsel-~ed, with Entodinium, Epidinium, Polyplastron, Ophryoscolex, and Isotrieha predominating. 7sotrieha ~ppeared frequently in the tureens of cows fed a ration containing cane molasses, whereas
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