Difference between revisions of "Isospora spp."
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 16: | Line 16: | ||
[[Category:Coccidia]] | [[Category:Coccidia]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[Category:To_Do_-_Parasites]] |
Revision as of 22:14, 26 June 2010
- Many species occur
- All species are host specific
- Sporulated oocyst contains 2 sporocysts each with 4 sporozoites
- Oocyst measures 20-50μm
- Usually direct life cycle
- Transmission via the oral-faecal route
- Some species use facultative intermediate hosts and form tissue cysts
- Transmission via faecal-oral route or by ingestion of the intermediate host