An improved polymerase chain reaction assay for the detection of Tritrichomonas foetus in cattle.

Can Vet J

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Health Sciences Centre, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1.

Published: March 2002

An improved polymerase chain reaction test has been developed to detect Tritrichomonas foetus, the causative agent of trichomoniasis in cattle. The test amplifies a region of the 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene of T. foetus, and it is simple, sensitive, and specific when compared with traditional methods to examine field samples.

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