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*2 common and 2 less common ''Isospora'' species
 
 
 
*Occasionally can cause disease
 
 
 
*Little pathogenicity
 
 
 
*Even if faecal oocyst count is high, other causes of [[Intestine Diarrhoea - Pathology|diarrhoea]] should be looked for
 
 
 
*''Hepatozoon americanum'' and subclinical ''H. canis'' in [[Bones Hyperplastic and Neoplastic - Pathology#Hepatozoon|periosteal bone formation]]
 
**Both are Tick borne diseases
 
***''H. canis'' – ''Rhipicephalus sanguineus''
 
***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[[Category:Coccidia]][[Category:Cat]]
 

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