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. 2004 Jun;42(6):2707-10.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.42.6.2707-2710.2004.

Prevalence of and risk factors for feline Tritrichomonas foetus and giardia infection

Jody L Gookin  1 , Martha E Stebbins, Emily Hunt, Karen Burlone, Merritt Fulton, Robin Hochel, Miriam Talaat, Matthew Poore, Michael G Levy
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Prevalence of and risk factors for feline Tritrichomonas foetus and giardia infection

Jody L Gookin et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2004 Jun.

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.

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