Difference between revisions of "Coccidiosis - Pig"
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**''[[Isospora spp.|Isospora]]'' infections are '''self-limiting''' | **''[[Isospora spp.|Isospora]]'' infections are '''self-limiting''' | ||
[[Category:Coccidia]][[Category:Pig]] | [[Category:Coccidia]][[Category:Pig]] | ||
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Revision as of 16:31, 14 July 2010
- Only Isospora suis is of clinical pathogenic importance
- Causes sporadic, serious and sometimes fatal disease in unweaned piglets
- Causes profuse diarrhoea
- 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