A new species of Tritrichomonas (Sarcomastigophora: Trichomonida) from the domestic cat (Felis catus)

Parasitology Research

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2227-2235

  Walden, Heather Stockdale ^a   Dykstra, Christine ^b   Dillon, Allen ^b   Rodning, Soren ^b   Givens, Daniel ^b   Bird, Richard ^b   Newton, Joseph ^b   Lindsay, David ^c  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FELIS CATUS; GENE SEQUENCE; INTESTINE INFECTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRICHOMONIASIS; TRITRICHOMONAS; TRITRICHOMONAS BLAGBURNI;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENES, RRNA; INTESTINAL DISEASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRITRICHOMONAS;

BOS; BOVINAE; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); SARCOMASTIGOPHORA; TRITRICHOMONAS; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

EID: 84878688962     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-013-3381-8     Document Type: Article

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