Hepatozoon
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- Tick borne disease
- Two species:
- Hepatozoon canis
- Usually subclinical disease
- Hepatozoon americanum
- SE USA
- Grossly:
- Thickened and edematous periskeletal soft tissue and periosteum of the lower legs
- Multifocal parasitic myositis
- Histologically:
- Swelling and hypertrophy of osteoprogenitor cells
- Hyperplasia of spindle cells
- Osteoid is produced
- Hepatozoon canis
- More detail on Hepatozoon americanum