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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'']].

''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.  

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]]

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[[Category:Reproductive Diseases - Sheep]]

[[Category:Reproductive Diseases - Sheep]]