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'''[[Coccidiosis - Pig|Coccidia of Pigs]]

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~~==Coccidia of Dogs==~~

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'''[[Coccidiosis - Dog|Coccidia of Dogs]]

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~~[[Image:Isospora canis.jpg|thumb|right|150px|~~'~~'Isospora canis~~'' - ~~Joaquim Castellà Veterinary Parasitology Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona~~]]

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*2 common and 2 less common ''Isospora'' species

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*Occasionally can cause disease

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*Little pathogenicity

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*Even if faecal oocyst count is high, other causes of [[Intestine Diarrhoea - Pathology|diarrhoea]] should be looked for

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*''Hepatozoon americanum'' and subclinical ''H. canis'' in [[Bones Hyperplastic and Neoplastic - Pathology#Hepatozoon|periosteal bone formation]]

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**Both are Tick borne diseases

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***''H. canis'' – ''Rhipicephalus sanguineus''

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***Ticks become infected by ingesting a blood meal containing macrophages and [[Neutrophils - WikiBlood|neutrophils]] infected with the parasite gamonts -> sexual replication in the gut of the tick -> oocysts containing infective sporozoites -> dogs ingest the tick  schizogony occurs in numerous tissues

==Coccidia of Cats==

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