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*Caused by [[Toxoplasma|''Toxoplasma gondii'']]

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*Cats are definitive hosts but other species may become intermediate hosts if they ingest the oocysts

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*Usually induces antibody response but remains silent clinically

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*Often show clinical signs when immunosuppressed

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*Involves many different tissues

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*Multifocal necrotising [[Lungs Inflammatory - Pathology#Interstitial pneumonia|interstitial pneumonia]]

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*Proliferation of type II pneumocytes

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*Macrophage and neutrophil infiltration

[[Category:Tissue_Cyst_Forming_Coccidia]][[Category:Cat]]

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