Isolation of the trichomonad Tetratrichomonas buttreyi (Hibler et al., 1960) Honigberg, 1963 in bovine diarrhoeic faeces.
A trichomonad was found in the faeces of a heifer with watery diarrhoea. It was classified as Tetratrichomonas buttreyi according to its morphology as revealed by scanning electron microscopy. This flagellate was successfully maintained in a cysteine-peptone-liver medium. It is, to our knowledge, the first report of Tetratrichomonas buttreyi in Spain. This trichomonad appears to be a nonpathogenic commensal which often proliferates in fluid faeces.
Castella
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Unidad de Parasitología y Enfermedades Parasitarias, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain.
Muńoz
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Ferrer
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Gutiérrez
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D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D011528:Protozoan Infections / Q000469:parasitology; D011529:Protozoan Infections, Animal; D016834:Trichomonadida / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000648:ultrastructure