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Tritrichomonas foetus isolates from cats and cattle show minor genetic differences in unrelated loci ITS-2 and EF-1α.
Veterinary parasitology - 30 Apr 2012
Reinmann Karin, Müller Norbert, Kuhnert Peter, Campero Carlos M, Leitsch David, Hess Michael, Henning Klaus, Fort Marcelo, Müller Joachim, Gottstein Bruno, Frey Caroline F
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The protozoan parasite Tritrichomonas foetus is well known as an important causative agent of infertility and abortion in cattle (bovine trichomonosis). This World Organisation for Animal Health (O.I.E.) notifiable disease is thought to be under control in many countries including Switzerland. In recent studies, however, T. foetus has also been identified as an intestinal parasite that causes chronic large-bowel...
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