First report of feline intestinal trichomoniasis caused by Tritrichomonas foetus in Korea

Korean Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 247-251

  Lim, Sun ^a   Park, Sang Ik ^b   Ahn, Kyu Sung ^a   Oh, Dae Sung ^a   Ryu, Jae Sook ^c   Shin, Sung Shik ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Hanyang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cat; Clinical case; Diarrhea; Tritrichomonas foetus

Indexed keywords

FENBENDAZOLE; GENOMIC DNA; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2; METRONIDAZOLE; RNA 5.8S;

ARTICLE; CAT; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; INTESTINE INFECTION; KOREA; MALE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRICHOMONIASIS; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS; TROPHOZOITE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FECES; FEMALE; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

FELIDAE; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

EID: 78149394501     PISSN: 00234001     EISSN: 17380006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3347/kjp.2010.48.3.247     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Taylor MA, Coop RL, Wall R. Veterinary Parasitology. 3rd ed. Oxford, UK. Ames, Iowa. Blackwell. 2007, p 119-120.
2. Cobo ER, Cano D, Campero CM. Experimental infection with Tritrichomonas suis in heifers. Vet Parasitol 2001; 99: 73-78.
3. Lun ZR, Chen XG, Zhu XQ, Li XR, Xie MQ. Are Tritrichomonas foetus and Tritrichomonas suis synonyms? Trends Parasitol 2005; 21: 122-125.
4. Bissett SA, Gowan RA, O'Brien CR, Stone MR, Gookin JL. Feline diarrhoea associated with Tritrichomonas cf. foetus and Giardia coinfection in an Australian cattery. Aust Vet J 2008; 86: 440-443.
5. Gunn-Moore DA, McCann TM, Reed N, Simpson KE, Tennant B. Prevalence of Tritrichomonas foetus infection in cats with diarrhoea in the UK. J Feline Med Surg 2007; 9: 214-218.
6. Holliday M, Deni D, Gunn-Moore DA. Tritrichomonas foetus infection in cats with diarrhoea in a rescue colony in Italy. J Feline Med Surg 2009; 11: 131-134.
7. Frey CF, Schild M, Hemphill A, Stunzi P, Muller N, Gottstein B, Burgener IA. Intestinal Tritrichomonas foetus infection in cats in Switzerland detected by in vitro cultivation and PCR. Parasitol Res 2009; 104: 783-788.
8. Dahlgren SS, Gjerde B, Pettersen HY. First record of natural Tritrichomonas foetus infection of the feline uterus. J Small Anim Pract 2007; 48: 654-657.
9. Gookin JL, Stebbins ME, Hunt E, Burlone K, Fulton M, Hochel R, Talaat M, Poore M, Levy MG. Prevalence of and risk factors for feline Tritrichomonas foetus and Giardia infection. J Clin Microbiol 2004; 42: 2707-2710.
10. Slapeta J, Craig S, McDonell D, Emery D. Tritrichomonas foetus from domestic cats and cattle are genetically distinct. Exp Parasitol 2010; 126: 209-213.
11. Yaeger MJ, Gookin JL. Histologic features associated with Tritrichomonas foetus-induced colitis in domestic cats. Vet Pathol 2005; 42: 797-804.
12. Gookin JL, Breitschwerdt EB, Levy MG, Gager RB, Benrud JG. Diarrhea associated with trichomonosis in cats. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1999; 215: 1450-1454.
13. Gookin JL, Levy MG, Law JM, Papich MG, Poore MF, Breitschwerdt EB. Experimental infection of cats with Tritrichomonas foetus. Am J Vet Res 2001; 62: 1690-1697.
14. Foster DM, Gookin JL, Poore MF, Stebbins ME, Levy MG. Outcome of cats with diarrhea and Tritrichomonas foetus infection. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2004; 225: 888-892.
15. Gookin JL, Copple CN, Papich MG, Poore MF, Stauffer SH, Birkenheuer AJ, Twedt DC, Levy MG. Efficacy of ronidazole for treatment of feline Tritrichomonas foetus infection. J Vet Intern Med 2006; 20: 536-543.
16. Pereira-Neves A, Benchimol M. Phagocytosis by Trichomonas vaginalis: new insights. Biol Cell 2007; 99: 87-101.
17. Gookin JL, Birkenheuer AJ, Breitschwerdt EB, Levy MG. Singletube nested PCR for detection of Tritrichomonas foetus in feline feces. J Clin Microbiol 2002; 40: 4126-4130.
18. Tamura K, Dudley J, Nei M, Kumar S. MEGA4: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis (MEGA) software version 4.0. Mol Biol Evol 2007; 24: 1596-1599.