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*''Besnoitia bennetti'' in [[Parasitic infections#Besnoitia bennetti|larynx]] of horses
 
*''Besnoitia bennetti'' in [[Parasitic infections#Besnoitia bennetti|larynx]] of horses
 
*''Hepatozoon americanum'' and subclinical ''H. canis'' in [[Bones - hyperplastic and neoplastic#Hepatozoon|periosteal bone formation]]
 
*''Hepatozoon americanum'' and subclinical ''H. canis'' in [[Bones - hyperplastic and neoplastic#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 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.

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  • Besnoitia bennetti in larynx of horses
  • Hepatozoon americanum and subclinical H. canis in periosteal bone formation
    • Both are Tick borne diseases
      • H. canisRhipicephalus 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.