Tritrichomonas fetus

Tritrichomonas fetus
Culture of T. fetus
Systematics
without rank: Parabasalia without rank: Trichomonadea Order : Trichomonadida Family : Trichomonadidae Genre : Tritrichomonas Type : Tritrichomonas fetus
Scientific name
Tritrichomonas fetus
(Riedmüller, 1928)

Tritrichomonas fetus ( old Greek tri 'three', thrix 'hair', monas 'unit' and Latin fetus 'offspring') is a single-cell organism thatcauses the notifiable trichomonas diseasein cattle - a breeding disease associated with fertility disorders and miscarriages - and in cats the Tritrichomonosis , a disease of diarrhea. However, the isolates from cats and cattle differ genetically, so that transmission between the two animal species is now considered unlikely. T. fetus was detected for thefirst timein pigs and named T. suis . In pigs, T. fetus is a harmless commensal of the nasal mucosa and the intestinal tract .

T. fetus is a 10–25 µm × 3–15 µm large, pear-shaped protozoan with three anterior flagella and a posterior dragline. The drag whip consists of a thick axis rod and an undulating membrane. The axle rod looks thickened at the front, thorn-shaped at the end and protrudes beyond the rear end. Multiplication takes place by dividing into two.

literature

• Johannes Eckert: textbook of parasitology for veterinary medicine . Georg Thieme Verlag, 2008, ISBN 9783830410720 , p. 40.
• Nadia Asisi et al. a .: Tritrichomonas fetus - a diarrhea pathogen in cats. In: Small Animal Practice. 53, 2008, pp. 688-693.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ J. Doi, N. Abe, Y. Oku: Molecular survey of Tritrichomonas suis (= T. Fetus) 'cat' and 'cattle' genotypes in pigs in Japan. In: The Journal of veterinary medical science / the Japanese Society of Veterinary Science. Volume 75, Number 4, May 2013, ISSN  1347-7439 , pp. 475-479, PMID 23196826 .
2. ↑ Heinz Mehlhorn: The Parasites of Animals: Recognize, fight and prevent diseases . Springer-Verlag, 2012, ISBN 9783827422682 , p. 43.