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==Life Cycle==
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==[[Protozoa Life Cycle]]==
[[Image:Balantidium pig trophozoite.jpg|thumb|right|150px|''Balantidium'' trophozoite from a pig - Joaquim Castellà Veterinary Parasitology Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona]]
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Protozoa multiply sexually, asexually and can also use a combination of both, as seen in the coccidia class. Replication can be by binary or multiple fission. Different protozoa use different forms of motility, including flagella, cilia, pseudopodia and gliding.
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*Most protozoal reproduction is asexual via binary fission, schizogony and sporogony
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*Some protozoa also use sexual reproduction called gametogony
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*In some species, sexual and asexual reproduction occurs in the same host, whilst in others asexual reproduction occurs in the vertebrate host and sexual reproduction in the arthropod vector
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*Homoxenous
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**Parasite uses a single host species during its life cycle (direct)
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**E.g. ''[[Eimeria spp.|Eimeria]]''
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*Heteroxenous
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**Parasite uses more than one host during its life cycle (indirect)
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**E.g. ''Trypanosomes''
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*Facultatively heteroxenous
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**Parasite '''may''' use more than one host during its life cycle but this is not essential
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**E.g. ''Toxoplasma gondii''
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===Example of a Protozoal Life Cycle===
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See [[Coccidia]]
      
==Types==
 
==Types==
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