by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 11, 2014
Trypanosoma Gruby, 1843 The trypanosomes are parasites of all classes of vertebrates. Having been found initially in the blood of fish and frogs, trypanosomes have since been found in reptiles, birds, and mammals. Members of the genus Trypanosoma are typically...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 11, 2014
TRYPANOSOMES AND LEISHMANIAL ORGANISMS The trypanosomes and leishmanial organims all have a flagellum (or undulipodium of some workers) in some part of their life cycle that is connected to a large mitochondrial body that was called a kinetosome or a kineto...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 11, 2014
Giardia felis Hegner, 1925 (Figures 1-27 through 1-29) ETYMOLOGY:Giardia for Dr. Giard (1846-1908) and felis for the feline host SYNONYMS:Giardia lamblia Stiles, 1915, Giardia duodenalis (Daviane, 1875), Giardia cati Deschiens, 1925 HISTORY: The organism was...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 11, 2014
Pentatrichomonas hominis (Davaine, 1860) Wenrich, 1931 (Figure 1-26) Trichomonads have been described from the large intestine of cats (Wenrich, 1944). The species in the intestine of the cat is not the same as that found in the mouth of the cat and other animals. The...
by Jessica Retzlaff | Jun 11, 2014
Tetratrichomonas felistomae (Hegner and Ratcliffe, 1927) Honigberg, 1978 ETYMOLOGY: Tetra (four) + tricho (hair) + monas (body) and felis (cat) + stomae (mouth). SYNONYMS:Trichomonas felistomae Hegner and Ratcliffe, 1927. HISTORY:Tetratrichomonas felistomae was first...
