Table 4. Relative abundance (%) of protozoal genera.

Relative abundance (%) of protozoal genera in the ruminal solid (SF) and liquid fraction (LF) of camels under different feeding systems. Animals in G1 fed a mixed ration, animals in G2 fed high-quality forage and animals in G3 fed low-quality forage (Mean ± SE).

Protozoa	G1	G2	G3	Overall mean
Entodinium SF	23 ± 6	6.5 ± 0.6	6 ± 1	11 ± 3
Entodinium LF	54 ± 10	15 ± 2.5	5 ± 1	24 ± 6
Polyplastron S F	10 ± 1	17.5 ± 2	25 ± 3	17 ± 2
Polyplastron LF	6 ± 1	11 ± 0.2	24 ± 3	12 ± 2
Diplodinium S F	23 ± 1	35 ± 3	49 ± 10	34 ± 3
Diplodinium LF	13 ± 3	27 ± 3	61 ± 6	29 ± 5
Eudiplodinium SF	8 ± 0.6	8 ± 2	2 ± 0.7	7 ± 1
Eudiplodinium LF	4 ± 1	5.5 ± 1	2.5 ± 0.5	4.5 ± 0.6
Epidinium SF	5 ± 0.8	4 ± 1	2 ± 1	4 ± 0.1
Epidinium LF	3 ± 0.8	4.5 ± 0.6	1 ± 0.7	3.5 ± 0.5
Ophryoscolex SF	30 ± 4	27 ± 3	15 ± 5	26 ± 2.5
Ophryoscolex LF	19 ± 4	29 ± 0.6	6.5 ± 4	22 ± 3
Trichostomatia SF	0.1 ± 0.02	1 ± 0.25	0.3 ± 0.15	1 ± 0.2
Trichostomatia LF	0.2 ± 0.04	1 ± 0.2	1 ± 0.1	1 ± 0.2
Isotricha SF	0.2 ± 0.04	0.3 ± 0.05	0.3 ± 0.004	0.3 ± 0.03
Isotricha LF	0.5 ± 0.2	2 ± 0.9	0.3 ± 0.01	1 ± 0.5
Dasytricha SF	0.04 ± 0.01	1.5 ± 0.3	0.2 ± 0.15	1 ± 0.3
Dasytricha LF	0.1 ± 0.002	5.5 ± 0.8	0.5 ± 0.3	3 ± 1