***Ticks become infected by ingesting a blood meal containing macrophages and [[Neutrophils|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]] | ***Ticks become infected by ingesting a blood meal containing macrophages and [[Neutrophils|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]] |