title: Tritrichomonas foetus infection in cats with diarrhoea in a rescue colony in Italy.
abstract: Faecal samples from 74 cats with chronic large bowel diarrhoea that were living in a rescue colony in Italy, were submitted for assessment of Tritrichomonas foetus by direct microscopy of faecal smears (n=20) and T foetus-specific culture (n=74), with confirmation by polymerase chain reaction (n=1). Twenty-four of the cats (32%) were found to be infected with T foetus. The infected cats were predominantly over a year of age (67%) and were all neutered non-pedigree domestic cats.
authors.affiliation: Rifugio per Gatti 'Cinni', Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy.
authors.forename: Malcolm
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Holliday
authors.forename: Dario
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Deni
authors.forename: Danièlle A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Gunn-Moore
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology*; D002415:Cats; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011528:Protozoan Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology; D011529:Protozoan Infections, Animal; D018635:Rescue Work; D012385:Ronidazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016835:Tritrichomonas foetus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents; D012385:Ronidazole
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