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Toxoplasmosis - Cat and Dog (view source)
Revision as of 18:49, 12 August 2010
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*Caused by [[Toxoplasma|''Toxoplasma gondii'']]
*Cats are definitive hosts but other species may become intermediate hosts if they ingest the oocysts
*Usually induces antibody response but remains silent clinically
*Often show clinical signs when immunosuppressed
*Involves many different tissues
*Multifocal necrotising [[Lungs Inflammatory - Pathology#Interstitial pneumonia|interstitial pneumonia]]
*Proliferation of type II pneumocytes
*Macrophage and neutrophil infiltration
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