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<FlashCard questions="10">
|q1=What is the transmission and life cycle of ''Eimeria'' species?
|a1=
*Direct transmission
*Faecal-oral route
|l1=Eimeria spp.
|q2=What is the transmission and life cycle of ''Isospora'' species?
|a2=
*Usually direct transmission by the faecal-oral route
*Some species use facultative intermediate hosts forming tissue cysts
**Transmission is then by the faecal-oral or route or via ingestion of the intermediate host
|l2=Isospora spp.
|q3=How long is the prepatent period of poultry ''Eimeria'' species?
|a3=
*1 week
*Sporulation takes 2-3 days
|l3=Coccidiosis - Poultry
|q4=Name the malabsorptive ''Eimeria'' species
|a4=
*E. maxima
*E. acervulina
*E. mitis
*E. praecox
|l4=Coccidiosis - Poultry
|q5=Name the haemorrhagic ''Eimeria'' species
|a5=
*E. necatrix
*E. brunetti
*E. tenella
|l5=Coccidiosis - Poultry
|q6=Which area of the gastrointestinal tract does ''E. acervulina, E. maxima'', E. tenella'' and ''E. necatrix'' affect and what kind of lesions are produced?
|a6=
*E. acervulina affects the proximal gut forming white ladder lesions
*E. maxima affects the mid-gut producing a pink exudate
*E. tenella affects the ceaca forming a core of dark, haemorrhagic blood
*E. necatrix affects the mid-gut forming salt and pepper leions
|l6=Coccidiosis - Poultry
|q7=What are the two main ''Eimeria'' species which affect cattle and what is the prepatent period?
|a7=
*E. zuernii
*E. bovis
*2-3 week prepatent period
|l7=Coccidiosis - Cattle
|q8=What are the two significant ''Eimeria'' species which affect sheep and what is the prepatent period?
|a8=
*E. ovinoidalis
*E. crandalis
*2 week prepatent period
|l8=Coccidiosis - Sheep
|q9=What is the most significant species of ''Isospora'' which affects pigs and what the prepatent period?
|a9=
*I. suis
*1 week prepatent period
|l9=Coccidiosis - Pigs
|q10=Which parts of the gastrointestinal tract do the ''Eimeria'' species which affects rabbits inhabit?
|a10=
*2 inhabit the caecum
*1 inhabits the bile duct epithelium (E. steidae)
|l10=Coccidiosis - Rabbits
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