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Animal Health & Production Compendium. '''Trichomonosis datasheet''', accessed 02/06/2010 @ http://www.cabi.org/ahpc/
 
Animal Health & Production Compendium. '''Trichomonosis datasheet''', accessed 02/06/2010 @ http://www.cabi.org/ahpc/
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=='''Disease'''==
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'''''Cattle'''''
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Tritrichomoniasis is notifiable to the World Organisation for Animal Health ([http://www.oie.int/ OIE])
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Proteinases secreted by T foetus degrade substrates such as fibrinogen, albumin and immunoglobulins, thus altering the biological environment and resulting in embryonic death.
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Pyometra is occasionally observed in females but males show no clinical signs.
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For more information see [[Trichomonosis - Cattle]]
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'''''Cats''''' - [[Diarrhoea]] caused by colonisation of the large intestine. Recovery is slow but longterm prognosis is good. Reports of resistance and success are available for most anthelmintic and antibiotic therapies.
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'''''Other species'''''
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[[Trichomonas gallinae]] - Fatal disease in birds causing necrotic yellow lesions in upper Gastrointestinal tract, particularly in the [[Crop - Anatomy and Physiology|crop]].
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Transmitted to domesticated chickens and turkeys from infected wild pigeons
    
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