Difference between revisions of "Coccidiosis - Dog"
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*Little pathogenicity | *Little pathogenicity | ||
| − | *Even if faecal oocyst count is high, other causes of [[ | + | *Even if faecal oocyst count is high, other causes of [[Diarrhoea|diarrhoea]] should be looked for |
*''Hepatozoon americanum'' and subclinical ''H. canis'' in [[Bones Hyperplastic and Neoplastic - Pathology#Hepatozoon|periosteal bone formation]] | *''Hepatozoon americanum'' and subclinical ''H. canis'' in [[Bones Hyperplastic and Neoplastic - Pathology#Hepatozoon|periosteal bone formation]] | ||
Revision as of 19:21, 6 June 2010
- 2 common and 2 less common Isospora species
- Occasionally can cause disease
- Little pathogenicity
- Even if faecal oocyst count is high, other causes of diarrhoea should be looked for
- Hepatozoon americanum and subclinical H. canis in periosteal bone formation
- Both are Tick borne diseases
- H. canis – Rhipicephalus sanguineus
- Ticks become infected by ingesting a blood meal containing macrophages and 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
- Both are Tick borne diseases