A Preliminary survey of North Carolina slaughterhouse bulls for Tritrichomonas foetus

Authors

  • Elisa W. Fox College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606
  • David Hobbs College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606
  • John Stinson College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606
  • Glenn M. Rogers College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol1995no29p153-155

Keywords:

bulls, disease prevalence, epidemiological surveys, epidemiology, infections, laboratory methods, methodology, parasites, parasitoses, protozoal infections, sampling, trichomoniasis

Abstract

450 bulls presented to a North Carolina slaughterhouse were tested for Tritrichomonas foetus. A sample of preputial smegma was collected from each bull and inoculated into a propriety medium, specifically designed for the diagnosis of T. foetus infections. Each sample was monitored periodically throughout the 5 day incubation interval for growth of the organism. No cases of trichomoniasis were identified at any stage of the screening process. The ability of the organism to survive and multiply in the culturing system, both as a pure culture and in the presence of smegma from an uninfected bull, was verified using a positive control strain T. foetus 1119.

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Published

1995-09-01

How to Cite

Fox, E. W., Hobbs, D., Stinson, J., & Rogers, G. M. (1995). A Preliminary survey of North Carolina slaughterhouse bulls for Tritrichomonas foetus. The Bovine Practitioner, 1995(29), 153–155. https://doi.org/10.21423/bovine-vol1995no29p153-155

Issue

No. 29 (1995 September)

Section

Clinical Reports