Tetratrichomonas spp. and Pentatrichomonas hominis are not persistently detectable after intravaginal inoculation of estrous heifers

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 150, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 18-26

  Cobo, Eduardo R ^a   Corbeil, Lynette B ^a,b   Agnew, Dalen W ^a   VanHoosear, Karen ^a   Friend, Alexander ^a   Olesen, Dorthe R ^a   BonDurant, Robert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bovine; Fecal contamination; Genital tract; Pentatrichomonas hominis; Tetratrichomonads; Tritrichomonas foetus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HEIFER; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TETRATRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONAS FOETUS; TRICHOMONAS HOMINIS; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ESTRUS; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; TRICHOMONADIDA; VAGINA;

BOVINAE; PENTATRICHOMONAS HOMINIS; TETRATRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONADIDA; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

EID: 35648968033     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.09.007     Document Type: Article

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