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[[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]]
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