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===[[Cryptosporidium|Cryptosporidium]]===

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* Small coccidial parasite.

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* Affects calf, lamb, piglet, kitten.

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* Increasingly important as part of the neonatal [[Intestine Diarrhoea - Pathology|diarrhoea]] complex in calves.

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* Zoonosis.

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~~====Pathology====~~

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~~=====Gross=====~~

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* Intestines diffusely reddened, with fluid contents.

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~~=====Histological=====~~

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* Tiny parasites on surface of epithelium.

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* Villus atrophy and fusion.

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* Iinflammation (mainly lymphoid) in crypts and lamina propria.

[[Category:Intestine_-_Inflammatory_Pathology_by_Type]]

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