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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 spp.|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 [[Diarrhoea|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[[Category:Coccidia]]
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