Introduction
Protozoal pathogens causing disease primarily in cattle and felids.
Tritrichomonas foetus
Lifecycle
Cattle
Venereal transmission in cattle Lives in the uterus and preputial cavity of bulls
Cats
Disease
Venereal disease causing early embryonic Death and abortion in cattle For more information see Trichomonosis - Cattle
diarrhoea in cats
Trichomonas gallinae
Fatal disease in birds causing necrotic yellow lesions in upper Gastrointestinal tract, particularly in the crop. Transmitted to domesticated chickens and turkeys from infected wild pigeons