Trypanosoma equiperdum

Taxobox
color = khaki
name = "Trypanosoma equiperdum"
regnum = Protista
phylum = Euglenozoa
classis = Kinetoplastea
ordo = Trypanosomatida
genus = "Trypanosoma"
species = "T. equiperdum"
binomial = "Trypanosoma equiperdum"
binomial_authority = Doflein, 1901

"Trypanosoma equiperdum" is a protozoon 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.