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Prevalence and genotyping of Trichomonas infections in wild birds in central Germany.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2018
Quillfeldt Petra, Schumm Yvonne R, Marek Carina, Mader Viktoria, Fischer Dominik, Marx Melanie
Abstract excerpt
Avian trichomonosis is a widespread disease in columbids and other birds, caused by ingestion of the unicellular flagellate Trichomonas gallinae which proliferate primarily in the upper respiratory tracts. Studies using genetic analyses have determined some highly pathogenic lineages in birds, but the prevalence and distribution of potentially pathogenic and non-pathogenic T. gallinae lineages in wild birds is...
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