Detection of Tritrichomonas foetus and Pentatrichomonas hominis in intestinal tissue specimens of cats by chromogenic in situ hybridization

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 183, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 209-214

  Mostegl, Meike M ^a   Wetscher, Andreas ^a   Richter, Barbara ^a   Nedorost, Nora ^a   Dinhopl, Nora ^a   Weissenböck, Herbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cat; Chromogenic in situ hybridization; Pentatrichomonas hominis; Trichomonads; Tritrichomonas foetus

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CAT; CHROMOGENIC IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTESTINE; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MALE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TISSUE SECTION; TRICHOMONADIDA; TRICHOMONAS HOMINIS; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DIARRHEA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; FORMALDEHYDE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTESTINES; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; PARAFFIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; TRICHOMONADIDA; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

FELIDAE; PENTATRICHOMONAS HOMINIS; TRICHOMONADIDA; TRICHOMONAS; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

EID: 83255185163     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.07.050     Document Type: Article

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