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==Causative Organisms==
==Causative Organisms==
===Salivarian Species===
===Salivarian Species===
''T. brucei'' affects all domestic mammals, including small and farm species, and humans. It also causes a specific [[Protozoal Skin Infections - Donkey|skin disease in donkeys]].
''T. brucei'' affects '''all domestic mammals''', including small and farm species, and humans. It also causes a specific [[Protozoal Skin Infections - Donkey|skin disease in donkeys]].
''T. vivax'' infects ruminants, horses and camels causing significant disease.
''T. vivax'' infects ruminants, horses and camels causing significant disease.
''T. equiperdum'' causes venereal equine disease '''dourine'''. It is the only trypanosome that does not immediately require an insect vector for transmission, being spread through coitus.
''T. simiae'' causes fatal pyrexia in '''pigs''' while ''T. Congolense'' is milder in the same species
''T. equiperdum'' causes '''venereal''' equine disease '''dourine'''. It is the only trypanosome that does not immediately require an insect vector for transmission, being spread through coitus.
''T. simiae'' causes fatal pyrexia in '''pigs''' while ''T. Congolense'' is milder in the same species.
''T. Congolense'' can also affect '''dogs and cats''' causing acute fever, anaemia and neurological signs.
''T. Congolense'' can also affect '''dogs and cats''' causing acute fever, anaemia and neurological signs.
''T. evansi'' also affects all domestic mammals.
''T. evansi'' also affects all domestic mammals.