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*Tick borne disease
*Two species:
**[[Coccidia|''Hepatozoon canis'']]
***Usually subclinical disease
**[[Coccidia|'''''Hepatozoon americanum''''']]
***SE USA
***Grossly:
****Thickened and edematous periskeletal soft tissue and periosteum of the lower legs
****Multifocal [[Muscles Inflammatory - Pathology#Parasitic myositis|parasitic myositis]]
***Histologically:
****Swelling and hypertrophy of osteoprogenitor cells
****Hyperplasia of spindle cells
****Osteoid is produced
*[[More Hepatozoon|More detail on ''Hepatozoon americanum'']]