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What shape is the Tritrichomonas foetus protozoan? | Pear shaped
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How does T. foetus replicate? | By binary fission.
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How does T. foetus cause abortion? | The organism secretes proteinases which degrade substrates in the female reproductive tract and change the biological environment resulting in embryonic death.
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What signs are seen in cats and how are they caused? | Diarrhoea. Caused by colonisation of the intestine by T. foetus.
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