Table 2.

The analysis of rumen ciliated protozoa population of European bison (Bison bonasus. L.).

Family, genus, species	Prevalence (%)	Percentage of total count(%)	Count (C/ml)
			Mean	SD	n	Median	Min	Max
Ophryoscolecidae
Entodinium spp.	100	82.86	229,537	94,228.29	18	217,333	90,666	404,000
Epidinium
Epidinium parvicaudatum	100	0.29	812	1,116.28	18	402	13	4,870
Eremoplastron
Eremoplastron rostratum	72	0.30	831	1,188.05	13	350	100	3,950
Diplodinium
Diplodinium dentatum	100	0.86	2,390	1,578.42	18	2,120	13	5,180
Metadinium
Metadinium esalqum	100	0.13	366	331.67	18	264	60	1,307
Eudiplodinium
Eudiplodinium maggii	100	0.23	636	598.50	18	310	13	2,040
Elytroplastron
Elytroplastron bubali	100	0.12	345	409.64	18	270	7	1,727
Ostracodinium
Ostracodinium gracile	61	0.01	32	44.21	11	20	7	160
Ophryoscolex
Ophryoscolex purkynei	44	0.03	92	135.33	8	30	5	400
Isotrichidae
Dasytricha
Dasytricha ruminantium	100	14.36	39,787	33,637.57	18	42,800	400	144,000
Isotricha
Isotricha prostoma	78	0.48	1,317	1,399.83	14	707	253	4,013
Isotricha intestinalis	83	0.39	1,071	1,543.91	15	440	40	5,520
Total count	100	100	277,022	103,503.93	18	274,620	105,279	463,181