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*Infections often asymptomatic in domestic animals
 
*Infections often asymptomatic in domestic animals
**Can cause cillous atrophy leading to malabsorption
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**Can cause villous atrophy leading to malabsorption
 
**Infection can persist for weeks to months if not treated
 
**Infection can persist for weeks to months if not treated
    
==Epidemiology==
 
==Epidemiology==
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*Infection via direct oral-faecal route or through contaminated water source (water-bourne)
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*Infection via direct oral-faecal route or through contaminated water source (water-borne)
    
*Wild animals may act as a source of infection for humans
 
*Wild animals may act as a source of infection for humans
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**Cysts need to be distinguished from pollen grains and yeasts
 
**Cysts need to be distinguished from pollen grains and yeasts
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*Cysts excretion is intermittent
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*Cyst excretion is intermittent
 
**Faeces need to be collected over a 3 day period
 
**Faeces need to be collected over a 3 day period
    
*Cysts are '''heavy'''
 
*Cysts are '''heavy'''
**Needs higher density floatation fluids
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**Needs higher density flotation fluids
 
**Do not float well in saturated sodium chloride solution
 
**Do not float well in saturated sodium chloride solution
    
*Immunoassays
 
*Immunoassays
**Detecting cyst antigen in faeces
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**Detect cyst antigen in faeces
    
==Control and Treatment==
 
==Control and Treatment==
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**Minimise risk of human infection
 
**Minimise risk of human infection
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*Boil (or sterilise through other means) drinking water in regions of the world where drinking water may be contmainated
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*Boil (or sterilise through other means) drinking water in regions of the world where drinking water may be contaminated
    
*Avoid uncooked foodstuffs
 
*Avoid uncooked foodstuffs
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*[[Vaccines - WikiBlood|Vaccination]]
 
*[[Vaccines - WikiBlood|Vaccination]]
 
**Killed trophozoites
 
**Killed trophozoites
**Availbale in the USA for cats and dogs
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**Available in the USA for cats and dogs
 
**Decreases the excretion and viability of cysts
 
**Decreases the excretion and viability of cysts
 
**Decreases environmental pressure
 
**Decreases environmental pressure
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