Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Sequence differences in the diagnostic region of the cysteine protease 8 gene of Tritrichomonas foetus parasites of cats and cattle.
- Journal:
- Veterinary parasitology
- Year:
- 2012
- Authors:
- Sun, Zichen et al.
- Affiliation:
- Faculty of Veterinary Science · United Kingdom
- Species:
- cat
Abstract
In order to investigate the genetic variation between Tritrichomonas foetus from bovine and feline origins, cysteine protease 8 (CP8) coding sequence was selected as the polymorphic DNA marker. Direct sequencing of CP8 coding sequence of T. foetus from four feline isolates and two bovine isolates with polymerase chain reaction successfully revealed conserved nucleotide polymorphisms between feline and bovine isolates. These results provide useful information for CP8-based molecular differentiation of T. foetus genotypes.
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