Comparing vaginal douche, cervicovaginal mucus, and uterine lavage for diagnosis of Tritrichomonas foetus in naive heifers exposed to a naturally infected bull.

Key Points

• To compare different diagnostic sampling methods for Tritrichomonas foetus in naive heifers.
• Compared vaginal douche, cervicovaginal mucus, and uterine lavage for sampling.
• Assessed ease of sampling and positivity rates of samples collected.
• Vaginal douche yielded higher positive samples compared to other methods.
• Cervicovaginal mucus and uterine lavage were more challenging to collect.