Trypanosoma congolense

Trypanosoma congolense
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Phylum:	Euglenozoa
Class:	Kinetoplastida
Order:	Trypanosomatida
Genus:	Trypanosoma
Species:	T. congolense
Binomial name
Trypanosoma congolense Broden, 1904

Cachectic dog infested with Trypanosoma congolense after a travel in West Africa

Trypanosoma congolense is a species of trypanosomes and is the major pathogen responsible for the disease nagana in cattle and other animals including sheep, pigs, goats, horses and camels, dogs,^[1] as well as laboratory mice. It is the most common cause of nagana in east Africa, but is also a major cause of nagana in west Africa. This parasite is spread by tsetse flies. In its mammalian host, Trypanosoma congolense only lives in blood vessels, and causes in particular anaemia. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

References

1. Deschamps, Jack-Yves; Desquesnes, Marc; Dorso, Laetitia; Ravel, Sophie; Bossard, Géraldine; Charbonneau, Morgane; Garand, Annabelle; Roux, Françoise A. (2016). "Refractory hypoglycaemia in a dog infected with Trypanosoma congolense". Parasite 23: 1. doi:10.1051/parasite/2016001. ISSN 1776-1042.
2. Losos, G. J.; Ikede, B. O. (1972). "Review of pathology of diseases in domestic and laboratory animals caused by Trypanosoma congolense, T. vivax, T. brucei, T. rhodesiense and T. gambiense". Veterinary Pathology 9 (1 Suppl): 1–79. doi:10.1177/030098587200901s01. ISSN 0300-9858.
3. African Animal Trypanosomiasis, USAHA gray book, 6th ed. (1998).