title: Tritrichomonas foetus and not Pentatrichomonas hominis is the etiologic agent of feline trichomonal diarrhea.
abstract: Recently, several investigators have reported large-bowel diarrhea in cats associated with intestinal trichomonad parasites. These reports have presumptively identified the flagellates as Pentatrichomonas hominis, a n organism putatively capable of infecting the intestinal tracts of a number of mammalian hosts, including cats, dogs, and man. The purpose of the present study was to determine the identity of this recently recognized flagellate by means of rRNA gene sequence analysis; restriction enzyme digest mapping; and light, transmission, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM).
authors.affiliation: Department of Farm Animal and Health Resource Management, North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine, 4700 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, North Carolina 27606-1499, USA. mike_levy@ncsu.edu
authors.forename: Michael G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Levy
authors.forename: Jody L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Gookin
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Poore
authors.forename: Adam J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Birkenheuer
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Dykstra
authors.forename: R Wayne
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Litaker
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology*; D002415:Cats; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000737:chemistry; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005407:Flagella / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning / Q000662:veterinary; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D011528:Protozoan Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology; D011529:Protozoan Infections, Animal; D016053:RNA, Protozoan / Q000235:genetics; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D016415:Sequence Alignment / Q000662:veterinary; D016834:Trichomonadida / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D016835:Tritrichomonas foetus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000648:ultrastructure
chemical_list: D016054:DNA, Protozoan; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D016053:RNA, Protozoan; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal