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''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'']].
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''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.  
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''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]]
 
[[Category:Sheep Bacteria]][[Category:Horse Bacteria]][[Category:Cattle Bacteria]]
 
[[Category:Sheep Bacteria]][[Category:Horse Bacteria]][[Category:Cattle Bacteria]]
 
[[Category:Reproductive Diseases - Sheep]]
 
[[Category:Reproductive Diseases - Sheep]]
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