Tritrichomonas foetus from domestic cats and cattle are genetically distinct

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 209-213

  Šlapeta, Jan ^a   Craig, Simon ^b   McDonell, Denise ^a   Emery, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Gordon Veterinary Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cattle; Epidemiology; Feline; Genotype; Large bowel diarrhoea; Tritrichomonas foetus; Venereal disease

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; CAT; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTYPE; MALE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA, INTERGENIC; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

BOS; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

EID: 77955281328     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2010.04.024     Document Type: Article

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