AN UNCOMMON PROTOZOAN PARASITE (PENTATRICHOMONAS-HOMINIS) ASSOCIATED WITH COLITIS IN 3 CATS

Authors
ROMATOWSKI J
Citation
J. Romatowski, AN UNCOMMON PROTOZOAN PARASITE (PENTATRICHOMONAS-HOMINIS) ASSOCIATED WITH COLITIS IN 3 CATS, Feline practice, 24(5), 1996, pp. 10-14
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Feline practice → ACNP
ISSN journal
10576614
Volume
24
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
10 - 14
Database
ISI
SICI code
1057-6614(1996)24:5<10:AUPP(A>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
An uncommon intestinal protozoan parasite was implicated in three case s of colitis in Pacific Northwest cats. Pentatrichomonas hominis was i dentified in the stools of three Pixie-Bob cats in this preliminary re port of an unusual disease syndrome. The purpose of this report is not so much to champion P. hominis as a feline pathogen, as to alert othe r practitioners to the existence of this atypical disease presentation .