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Infectious Agents: Trichomonas

Bovine Reproduction, Page: 524-528
2014
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Trichomoniasis is an insidious venereal disease of cattle caused by the protozoan Tritrichomonas foetus that is a motile flagellated protozoan. The trophozoite form has three anterior and one posterior flagellae and one undulating membrane along the long axis of the organism. Clinical signs of trichomoniasis in the male are rare to nonexistent, although mild balanoposthitis has been associated with T. foetus. In the female, infections are characterized by early embryonic loss, post-coital pyometra, and occasionally abortion. Infected cows and heifers mount an immune response and are often able to eliminate the organism 6-12 weeks following infection. Diagnostic tests commonly utilized to detect T. foetus include culture with microscopic identification, and polymerase chain reaction (PCR). PCR allows the detection of small quantities of the genetic material of the target organism by amplification of specific DNA fragments unique to the organism.

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