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'''[[Coccidiosis - Pig|Coccidia of Pigs]]
 
'''[[Coccidiosis - Pig|Coccidia of Pigs]]
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==Coccidia of Dogs==
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'''[[Coccidiosis - Dog|Coccidia of Dogs]]
[[Image:Isospora canis.jpg|thumb|right|150px|''Isospora canis'' - Joaquim Castellà Veterinary Parasitology Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona]]
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*2 common and 2 less common ''Isospora'' species
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*Occasionally can cause disease
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*Little pathogenicity
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*Even if faecal oocyst count is high, other causes of [[Intestine Diarrhoea - Pathology|diarrhoea]] should be looked for
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*''Hepatozoon americanum'' and subclinical ''H. canis'' in [[Bones Hyperplastic and Neoplastic - Pathology#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 - WikiBlood|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
      
==Coccidia of Cats==
 
==Coccidia of Cats==
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