Multi-locus sequence typing confirms the clonality of Trichomonas gallinaeisolates circulating in European finches

• Published in: Parasitology
• Main Authors: GANAS, PETRA, JASKULSKA, BARBARA, LAWSON, BECKI, ZADRAVEC, MARKO, HESS, MICHAEL, BILIC, IVANA
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2013
• Subjects: Finch; Fennoscandia
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0031182013002023; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0031182013002023

SUMMARY In recent years, Trichomonas gallinae emerged as the causative agent of an infectious disease of passerine birds in Europe leading to epidemic mortality of especially greenfinches Chloris chloris and chaffinches Fringilla coelebs . After the appearance of finch trichomonosis in the UK and Fe...