TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS AND NOT PENTATRICHOMONAS HOMINIS IS THE ETIOLOGIC AGENT OF FELINE TRICHOMONAL DIARRHEA

Michael G. Levy; Jody L. Gookin; Matthew Poore; Adam J. Birkenheuer; Michael J. Dykstra; R. Wayne Litaker

doi:10.1645/0022-3395(2003)089[0099:TFANPH]2.0.CO;2

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1 February 2003 TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS AND NOT PENTATRICHOMONAS HOMINIS IS THE ETIOLOGIC AGENT OF FELINE TRICHOMONAL DIARRHEA

Michael G. Levy, Jody L. Gookin, Matthew Poore, Adam J. Birkenheuer, Michael J. Dykstra, R. Wayne Litaker

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J. of Parasitology, 89(1):99-104 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1645/0022-3395(2003)089[0099:TFANPH]2.0.CO;2

Abstract

Recently, several investigators have reported large-bowel diarrhea in cats associated with intestinal trichomonad parasites. These reports have presumptively identified the flagellates as Pentatrichomonas hominis, an organism putatively capable of infecting the intestinal tracts of a number of mammalian hosts, including cats, dogs, and man. The purpose of the present study was to determine the identity of this recently recognized flagellate by means of rRNA gene sequence analysis; restriction enzyme digest mapping; and light, transmission, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM).

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Michael G. Levy, Jody L. Gookin, Matthew Poore, Adam J. Birkenheuer, Michael J. Dykstra, and R. Wayne Litaker "TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS AND NOT PENTATRICHOMONAS HOMINIS IS THE ETIOLOGIC AGENT OF FELINE TRICHOMONAL DIARRHEA," Journal of Parasitology 89(1), 99-104, (1 February 2003). https://doi.org/10.1645/0022-3395(2003)089[0099:TFANPH]2.0.CO;2

Received: 1 April 2002; Accepted: 1 August 2002; Published: 1 February 2003

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