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*''Sarcocystis'' should be differentiated from other tissue-cyst forming coccidia
 
*''Sarcocystis'' should be differentiated from other tissue-cyst forming coccidia
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*There are many species of ''Sarcocystis''
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*There are many species of ''Sarcocystis'' which differ in size from microscopic to several centimetres in length
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**''S.neurona'' is an important equine pathogen in the USA
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*Infective cyst in the intermediate host is called a '''sarcocyst'''
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'''Life Cycle'''
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*Individual life cycles incompletely misunderstood
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*Indirect life cycle
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*Life cycle alternates between the final and the obligatory intermediate host
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*Only '''one''' final and '''one''' intermediate host
    
*Sporulated oocyst has 2 sporocysts containing 4 sporozoites
 
*Sporulated oocyst has 2 sporocysts containing 4 sporozoites
 
**Naked oocyst usually seen in faeces as the oocyst wall is very delicate
 
**Naked oocyst usually seen in faeces as the oocyst wall is very delicate
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**Oocyst measures 15μm in length
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*Indirect life cycle
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*No schizogony in final host
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*Gametogeny occurs deep in subepithelial tissue
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*Life cycle alternates between the final and the obligatory intermediate host
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*Faecal oocyst count is low
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*Only one final and one intermediate host
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*Oocysts are sporulated when passed
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**Difficult to find on faecal examination as the sporocysts are few in number and small
    
'''Pathogenesis'''
 
'''Pathogenesis'''
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*Cause meat inspection losses
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*''Sarcocystis'' in [[Muscles Inflammatory - Pathology#Protozoa|myositis]]
 
*''Sarcocystis'' in [[Muscles Inflammatory - Pathology#Protozoa|myositis]]
  
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