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Created page with 'thumb|right|150px|''Isospora suis'' from a pig - Joaquim Castellà Veterinary Parasitology Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona [[Image:Isospora.…'
[[Image:Isospora suis (pig).jpg|thumb|right|150px|''Isospora suis'' from a pig - Joaquim Castellà Veterinary Parasitology Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona]]
[[Image:Isospora.jpg|thumb|right|150px|''Isospora'' - Joaquim Castellà Veterinary Parasitology Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona]]
*Many species occur
*All species are host specific
*Sporulated oocyst contains 2 sporocysts each with 4 sporozoites
**Oocyst measures 20-50μm
*Usually direct life cycle
**Transmission via the oral-faecal route
*Some species use facultative intermediate hosts and form tissue cysts
**Transmission via faecal-oral route or by ingestion of the intermediate host
[[Category:Coccidia]]
[[Image:Isospora.jpg|thumb|right|150px|''Isospora'' - Joaquim Castellà Veterinary Parasitology Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona]]
*Many species occur
*All species are host specific
*Sporulated oocyst contains 2 sporocysts each with 4 sporozoites
**Oocyst measures 20-50μm
*Usually direct life cycle
**Transmission via the oral-faecal route
*Some species use facultative intermediate hosts and form tissue cysts
**Transmission via faecal-oral route or by ingestion of the intermediate host
[[Category:Coccidia]]