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→Tissue Cyst Forming Coccidia
*'''''Myeloencephalitis'''''
*'''''Myeloencephalitis'''''
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|<big>'''How many intermediate and final hosts does ''Sarcocystis'' have?'''
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*'''''One final host'''''
*'''''One intermediate host'''''
||[[Tissue cyst-forming coccidia#Sarcocystis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''True or False: ''Sarcocystis'' infections are mainly asymptomatic'''
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*'''''True'''''
||[[Tissue cyst-forming coccidia#Sarcocystis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''What is Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis?'''
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*'''''Necrotising encephalomyelitis affecting the grey and white matter of the CNS'''''
*'''''Caused by S. neurona'''''
*'''''Causes spinal cord dysfunction leading to ataxia and paralysis'''''
||[[Tissue cyst-forming coccidia#Sarcocystis|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''What is the most pathogenic species of ''Toxoplasma''?'''
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*'''''T. gondii'''''
||[[Tissue cyst-forming coccidia#Toxoplasma|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''True or False: The life cycle of ''Toxoplasma'' is direct'''
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*'''''False'''''
*'''''The life cycle is complex'''''
*'''''Described as facultatively heterozygous'''''
||[[Tissue cyst-forming coccidia#Toxoplasma|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''Describe the acute phase of ''Toxoplasma'' infections'''
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*'''''Asexual reproduction in the cell by endodyogeny (budding) producing 8-16 tachyzoites
*'''''Tachyzoites are released when host cell bursts'''''
*'''''Haematogenous spread as more cells are infected'''''
*'''''Infection continues until the animal develops immunity (around 2 weeks) at which point the infection enters the chronic phase'''''
||[[Tissue cyst-forming coccidia#Toxoplasma|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''Describe the chronic phase of ''Toxoplasma'' infections'''
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*'''''Slow growing intracellular bradyzoites become walled off forming infective cysts'''''
*'''''Bradyzoites are protected from the host immune response (whereas extracellular tachyzoites are killed)'''''
*'''''Cysts remain viable for months to years in muscle and nervous tissue'''''
*'''''If immunity is suppressed the infection can revert to the acute form'''''
||[[Tissue cyst-forming coccidia#Toxoplasma|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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|<big>'''How can ''Toxoplasma'' infections be prevented?'''
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*'''''ELISA to check for seropositive cats'''''
*'''''Humans can avoid oocyst ingestion'''''
*'''''Humans can avoid tissue cyst ingestion'''''
*'''''Sheep can be vaccinated or given medicated feed'''''
||[[Tissue cyst-forming coccidia#Toxoplasma|<span title="Answer article">Link to Answer Article</span>]]
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==<font color="purple">Tropical Protozoa</font>==
==<font color="purple">Tropical Protozoa</font>==
==<font color="purple">Other Important Protozoa</font>==
==<font color="purple">Other Important Protozoa</font>==