Difference between revisions of "Coccidiosis - Pig"

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*Causes sporadic, serious and sometimes fatal disease in unweaned piglets
 
*Causes sporadic, serious and sometimes fatal disease in unweaned piglets
**Causes profuse [[Intestine Diarrhoea - Pathology|diarrhoea]]
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**Causes profuse [[Diarrhoea|diarrhoea]]
  
 
*Very short 1 week prepatent period  
 
*Very short 1 week prepatent period  
  
*[[Intestine Diarrhoea - Pathology|Diarrhoea]] starts before oocysts are shed in faeces
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*[[Diarrhoea|Diarrhoea]] starts before oocysts are shed in faeces
 
**Ante-mortem diagnosis is difficult
 
**Ante-mortem diagnosis is difficult
  

Revision as of 19:21, 6 June 2010

Isospora suis oocyst from pig faeces - Joaquim Castellà Veterinary Parasitology Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
  • Only Isospora suis is of clinical pathogenic importance
  • Causes sporadic, serious and sometimes fatal disease in unweaned piglets
  • Very short 1 week prepatent period
  • Diarrhoea starts before oocysts are shed in faeces
    • Ante-mortem diagnosis is difficult
  • Death usually occurs after parasites have left the host
    • Post-mortem diagnosis difficult
    • Isospora infections are self-limiting