Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Feline Tritrichomonas foetus and Giardia Infection-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Feline Tritrichomonas foetus and Giardia Infection

Published:2004-06 Issue:6 Volume:42 Page:2707-2710
ISSN:0095-1137
Container-title:Journal of Clinical Microbiology
language:en
Short-container-title:J Clin Microbiol

Author:

Gookin Jody L.¹,Stebbins Martha E.²,Hunt Emily³,Burlone Karen³,Fulton Merritt³,Hochel Robin³,Talaat Miriam³,Poore Matthew²,Levy Michael G.²

Affiliation:

1. Departments of Molecular Biomedical Sciences

2. Population Health and Pathobiology

3. Veterinary Teaching Hospital, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27606

Abstract

ABSTRACT Data were gathered for 117 cats from 89 catteries at an international cat show to examine prevalence and risk factors for feline Tritrichomonas foetus and Giardia infection. Prevalence of T. foetus was 31% among cats (36 out of 117) and catteries (28 out of 89) based on results of fecal smear examination (5 out of 36), fecal culture in modified Diamond's medium (9 out of 36), fecal culture in In Pouch TF medium (20 out of 36), or PCR amplification of the ribosomal RNA gene from feces with T. foetus -specific primers (34 out of 36). Catteries in which T. foetus was identified were more likely to have had a recent history of diarrhea, historical diagnosis of coccidia infection in adult cats, and a decreased number of square feet of facility per cat. Evidence did not exist for the ongoing transmission of T. foetus by water, food, or contact with other species.

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Microbiology (medical)

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/JCM.42.6.2707-2710.2004

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