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| | [[Image:Sarcocystis Life Cycle.jpg|thumb|right|150px|''Sarcocytis'' Life Cycle Diagram - Dennis Jacobs & Mark Fox RVC]] | | [[Image:Sarcocystis Life Cycle.jpg|thumb|right|150px|''Sarcocytis'' Life Cycle Diagram - Dennis Jacobs & Mark Fox RVC]] |
| | [[Image:Sarcocystic.jpg|thumb|right|150px|''Sarcocytis'' - Joaquim Castellà Veterinary Parasitology Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona]] | | [[Image:Sarcocystic.jpg|thumb|right|150px|''Sarcocytis'' - Joaquim Castellà Veterinary Parasitology Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona]] |
| − | [[Image:Sarcocystis in sheep oesophagus.jpg|thumb|right|150px|''Sarcocystis'' in sheep oesophagus - Adam Cuerden]] | + | [[Image:Sarcocystis in sheep oesophagus.jpg|thumb|right|150px|''Sarcocystis in sheep oesophagus'' <br> Adam Cuerden, Wikimedia Commons]] |
| | [[Image:Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis - Wikimedia Commons]] | | [[Image:Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis - Wikimedia Commons]] |
| | [[Image:Sarcocystis cruzi.jpg|thumb|right|150px|''Sarcocystis cruzi'' - Courtesy of the Laboratory of Parasitology, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine]] | | [[Image:Sarcocystis cruzi.jpg|thumb|right|150px|''Sarcocystis cruzi'' - Courtesy of the Laboratory of Parasitology, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine]] |
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| | *Cause meat inspection losses | | *Cause meat inspection losses |
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| − | *''Sarcocystis'' in [[Muscles Inflammatory - Pathology#Protozoa|myositis]] | + | *''Sarcocystis'' in [[Parasitic Myositis#Protozoa|myositis]] |
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| | *Experimental infections cause severe, acute pyrexic disease when the organism multiplies in the vascular endothelium | | *Experimental infections cause severe, acute pyrexic disease when the organism multiplies in the vascular endothelium |
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| | *[[Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis]] | | *[[Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis]] |
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| | + | *Myositis |
| | + | [[Image:Sarcocyst in muscle.jpg|right|thumb|100px|<small><center>Sarcocyst (Image sourced from Bristol Biomed Image Archive with permission)</center></small>]] |
| | + | **Histologically: |
| | + | ***Merozoites causing focal and segmental [[Muscle Necrosis|necrosis]] |
| | + | ***May involve [[Muscle Calcification|mineralisation]] |
| | + | ***Non-purulent myositis with plasma cells, lymphocytes and macrophages |
| | + | **Diaphragm and masseters most severely affected |
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| | + | ==Test yourself with the Tissue Cyst Forming Coccidian Flashcards== |
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| | + | [[Tissue_Cyst_Forming_Coccidian_Flashcards|Tissue Cyst Forming Coccidian Flashcards]] |
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| | [[Category:Tissue_Cyst_Forming_Coccidia]] | | [[Category:Tissue_Cyst_Forming_Coccidia]] |
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| | + | [[Category:To_Do_-_Parasites]] |