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| Also known as: '''''C. fetus — C. fetus subsp intestinalis''''' | | Also known as: '''''C. fetus — C. fetus subsp intestinalis''''' |
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| ==Introduction== | | ==Introduction== |
− | [[File:campylo.jpg|thumb|200px|right|''Campylobacter fetus'' Janice Carr 2004, Wikimedia Commons]] | + | [[File:Campylobacter fetus 01.jpg|thumb|200px|right|''Campylobacter fetus'' Janice Carr, CDC 2004, Wikimedia Commons]] |
| ''Campylobacter fetus'', has the subspecies ''fetus'' and [[Campylobacter fetus subspecies venerealis|''venerealis'']], belonging to the genus [[Campylobacter species - Overview|''Campylobacter'']]. | | ''Campylobacter fetus'', has the subspecies ''fetus'' and [[Campylobacter fetus subspecies venerealis|''venerealis'']], belonging to the genus [[Campylobacter species - Overview|''Campylobacter'']]. |
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− | ''C. fetus'' is the cause of 10% of '''ovine abortions''' in the UK. It occassionally causes sporadic abortion in cattle and horses, but at a much lower incidence then in sheep. It can also act in a similar way to [[Campylobacter jejuni|''C. jejuni'']] and casue enteritis in cattle, sheep, pigs and horses. | + | ''C. fetus'' is the cause of 10% of '''ovine abortions''' in the UK. It occassionally causes sporadic abortion in cattle and horses, but at a much lower incidence then in sheep. It can also act in a similar way to [[Campylobacter jejuni|''C. jejuni'']] and cause enteritis in cattle, sheep, pigs and horses. |
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| The bacteria is an enteric organism of sheep, goats and cattle and is spread by faecal-oral transmission. The ingestion of ''C. fetus'' during last trimester of pregnancy causes a bacteraemia. | | The bacteria is an enteric organism of sheep, goats and cattle and is spread by faecal-oral transmission. The ingestion of ''C. fetus'' during last trimester of pregnancy causes a bacteraemia. |
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| [[Category:Campylobacter_species]] | | [[Category:Campylobacter_species]] |
| [[Category:Sheep Bacteria]][[Category:Horse Bacteria]][[Category:Cattle Bacteria]] | | [[Category:Sheep Bacteria]][[Category:Horse Bacteria]][[Category:Cattle Bacteria]] |
| [[Category:Reproductive Diseases - Sheep]] | | [[Category:Reproductive Diseases - Sheep]] |
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