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Covering sickness, or dourine (French, from the Arabic darina, meaning mangy (said of a female camel), feminine of darin, meaning dirty), is a disease of horses and other members of the family equidae
Equidae

Equidae is the Taxonomy Family of horses and related animals, including the extant horses, donkeys, and zebras, and many other species known only from fossils....
. The disease is caused by Trypanosoma equiperdum
Trypanosoma equiperdum

Trypanosoma equiperdum is a Protozoa that causes Dourine, or covering sickness, in horses and other animals in the family equidae. Unlike other species of Trypanosoma, this parasite can be sexually transmitted, and does not require a vector....
, which belongs to an important genus of parasitic protozoa
Protozoa

Protozoan are microorganisms classified as unicellular eukaryotes. While there is no exact definition of the term "protozoan", most scientists use the word to refer to a unicellular heterotrophic protist, such as an amoeba or a ciliate....
, and is the only member of the genus that is spread through sexual intercourse. The occurrence of Dourine is Notifiable in the European Union under legislation from the OIE.








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Covering sickness, or dourine (French, from the Arabic darina, meaning mangy (said of a female camel), feminine of darin, meaning dirty), is a disease of horses and other members of the family equidae
Equidae

Equidae is the Taxonomy Family of horses and related animals, including the extant horses, donkeys, and zebras, and many other species known only from fossils....
. The disease is caused by Trypanosoma equiperdum
Trypanosoma equiperdum

Trypanosoma equiperdum is a Protozoa that causes Dourine, or covering sickness, in horses and other animals in the family equidae. Unlike other species of Trypanosoma, this parasite can be sexually transmitted, and does not require a vector....
, which belongs to an important genus of parasitic protozoa
Protozoa

Protozoan are microorganisms classified as unicellular eukaryotes. While there is no exact definition of the term "protozoan", most scientists use the word to refer to a unicellular heterotrophic protist, such as an amoeba or a ciliate....
, and is the only member of the genus that is spread through sexual intercourse. The occurrence of Dourine is Notifiable in the European Union under legislation from the OIE.

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