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Novel genotype of Tritrichomonas foetus from cattle in Southern Africa.
Parasitology - 1 Dec 2016
Casteriano Andrea, Molini Umberto, Kandjumbwa Kornelia, Khaiseb Siegfried, Frey Caroline F, Šlapeta Jan
Abstract excerpt
Bovine trichomonosis caused by Tritrichomonas foetus is a significant reproductive disease of cattle. Preputial samples were collected using sheath washing technique in bulls in Namibia. Thirty-six trichomonad cultures were characterized using the TaqMan-probe commercial real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) diagnostic assay (VetMAX™-Gold Trich Detection Kit) and CYBR real-time PCR assay based on TFR3/4...
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