| Trypanosoma equiperdum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Protista |
| Phylum: | Euglenozoa |
| Class: | Kinetoplastea |
| Order: | Trypanosomatida |
| Genus: | Trypanosoma |
| Species: | T. equiperdum |
| Binomial name | |
| Trypanosoma equiperdum Doflein, 1901 |
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Trypanosoma equiperdum is a protozoan that causes Dourine, or covering sickness, in horses and other animals in the family equidae. The donkey shows no symptoms but is a carrier of this parasite. Unlike other species of Trypanosoma, this parasite can be sexually transmitted, also mother foal transmission has been documented and does not require a vector. Can be found in genital organs and secretions.