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**Causes abortion and post-natal disease in sheep

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*Equine ~~protozoal myeloencephalitis~~

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*[[Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis]]

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**Necrotising encephalomyelitis affecting the grey and white matter of the CNS

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**Caused by ''S.neurona''

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**Opossum thought to be the definitive host

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[[Category:Tissue_Cyst_Forming_Coccidia]]

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**Horses thought to be accidental hosts

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**Natural intermediate hosts currently unknown

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**Western Blotting shows 50% of horses in the USA are seropositive

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**Risk factors poorly understood

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**Causes spinal cord dysfunction

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***Ataxia and paralysis[[Category:Tissue_Cyst_Forming_Coccidia]]

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