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'''''Relevant Links''''' Trichomoniasis – Cattle, Avian Trichomoniasis, Trichomonas gallinae
 
'''''Relevant Links''''' Trichomoniasis – Cattle, Avian Trichomoniasis, Trichomonas gallinae
[[File:Trichomonas.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Trichomonas sp with giemsa staining. Note the anterior flagellae and undulating membrane (source - Wikimedia Commons)]]
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[[File: Trichomonas.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Trichomonas sp with giemsa staining. Note the anterior flagellae and undulating membrane (source - Wikimedia Commons)]]
 
=='''Introduction'''==
 
=='''Introduction'''==
 
Protozoal pathogens causing disease primarily in cattle and felids.  
 
Protozoal pathogens causing disease primarily in cattle and felids.  
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T foetus is sometimes isolated from foetal gut and lung but this is unlikely to be due to invasion and more likely due to swallowing or inhalation of amniotic fluid in utero.
 
T foetus is sometimes isolated from foetal gut and lung but this is unlikely to be due to invasion and more likely due to swallowing or inhalation of amniotic fluid in utero.
 
===='''Cats'''====
 
===='''Cats'''====
Tritrichomonas foetus  
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Tritrichomonas foetus is transmitted via the faecal: oral route in cats. Behaviours such as grooming may aid transmission by direct contact. The venereal route is unproven in cats.
 
=='''Disease'''==
 
=='''Disease'''==
 
'''''Cattle'''''
 
'''''Cattle'''''
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