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Tritrichomonas Foetus: A Study of Prevalence in Animal Hosts in Poland
- Source :
- Pathogens, Vol 9, Iss 3, p 203 (2020), Pathogens, Volume 9, Issue 3
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2020.
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Abstract
- Tritrichomonas foetus is described as a pathogen of cattle and cats and also exhibits commensalism with pigs. In order to estimate the prevalence and determine the risk factors for parasite infection, specimens from animal hosts (cat, pigs, and cattle) from Poland were investigated. To our best knowledge, this is the first such study to examine samples from wild boars (Sus scrofa) for the presence of T. foetus. Data were collected from 117 cats, 172 pigs, 236 wild boars, and 180 cattle. The sensitivity of T. foetus identification was increased by using two molecular assays: PCR and loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP). The prevalence of feline tritrichomonosis was 20.51%, and statistically significant differences were obtained between groups of animals regarding age, breed, number of cats, diarrhea, and place of living. Positive PCR and LAMP results for T. foetus were estimated for 16.28% of pigs, and the obtained data were significantly correlated with age. Conversely, no significant differences were observed concerning the farm size factor. In our survey, no cases of bovine tritrichomonosis were found, which is consistent with the data from the other countries of the European Union. Similarly, all wild boar samples were also T. foetus-negative according to LAMP and PCR.
- Subjects :
- Microbiology (medical)
Veterinary medicine
prevalence
tritrichomonas foetus
cat
lcsh:Medicine
Tritrichomonas foetus
Article
Wild boar
biology.animal
medicine
cattle pig
Immunology and Allergy
media_common.cataloged_instance
Parasite hosting
European union
Molecular Biology
media_common
CATS
General Immunology and Microbiology
biology
lcsh:R
Commensalism
biology.organism_classification
Breed
Diarrhea
Infectious Diseases
medicine.symptom
wild boar
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20760817
- Volume :
- 9
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Pathogens
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....10e47f2db39df16a01de62e26d30075a