Tritrichomonas foetus infection in cats with diarrhoea in a rescue colony in Italy

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery - Tập 11 - Trang 131-134 - 2009
Malcolm Holliday1, Dario Deni2, Danièlle A. Gunn-Moore3
1Rifugio per Gatti ‘Cinni’, Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy
2Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Regioni Lazio e Toscana, Sezione di Arezzo, Italy
3R(D)SVS Hospital for Small Animals, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Veterinary Centre Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland EH25 9RG, United Kingdom

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Faecal samples from 74 cats with chronic large bowel diarrhoea that were living in a rescue colony in Italy, were submitted for assessment of Tritrichomonas foetus by direct microscopy of faecal smears ( n=20) and T foetus-specific culture ( n=74), with confirmation by polymerase chain reaction ( n=1). Twenty-four of the cats (32%) were found to be infected with T foetus. The infected cats were predominantly over a year of age (67%) and were all neutered non-pedigree domestic cats.

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Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Tập 11

131-134

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