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Toxoplasma gondii - Ke Hu and John Murray

Protozoa

Question Answer Article
What are the four different ways protozoa can move? Link to Article
How do protozoa reproduce? Link to Article
Briefly summarise the life cycle of protozoa Link to Article


Coccidia

Question Answer Article
What is the transmission and life cycle of Eimeria species? Link to Article
What is the transmission and life cycle of Isospora species? Link to Article
How long is the prepatent period of poultry Eimeria species? Link to Article
Name the malabsorptive Eimeria species Link to Article
Name the haemorrhagic Eimeria species Link to Article
Which area of the gastrointestinal tract does E. acervulina, E. maxima, E. tenella and E. necatrix affect and what kind of lesions are produced? Link to Article
What are the two main Eimeria species which affect cattle and what is the prepatent period? Link to Article
What are the two significant Eimeria species which affect sheep and what is the prepatent period? Link to Article
What is the most significant species of Isospora which affects pigs and what the prepatent period? Link to Article
Which parts of the gastrointestinal tract do the Eimeria species which affects rabbits inhabit? Link to Article


Cryptosporidia

Question Answer Article
What is the main species of Cryptosporidium which infects humans and domestic animals? Link to Article
True or False: In Cryptosporidium infections unsporulated oocysts are passed in the faeces Link to Article
How are Cryptosporidium infections passed between hosts? Link to Article
How are Cryptosporidium infections prevented? Link to Article


Giardia

Question Answer Article
What is the key points of the life cycle and prepatent period of Giardia? Link to Article
How do both people and animals become infected by Giardia? Link to Article
How would you diagnose a Giardia infection? Link to Article


Piroplasmida

Question Answer Article
True or False: Both trans-stadial and trans-ovarian transmission can occur in Babesia species Link to Article
What are the recognisable features of small Babesia species and give an example Link to Article
What are the recognisable features of large Babesia species and give an example Link to Article
What are the predisposing features to Babesia infection? Link to Article
What are the different vectors for Babesia species? Link to Article
What species are the natural vectors for Cytauxzoon? Link to Article
Where do schizonts of Cytauxzoon felis develop? Link to Article
What is the main condition caused by Theileria parva? Link to Article
What is the main condition caused by Theileria parva and what is the intermediate host? Link to Article
What is the pathogenesis of Theileria parva infections? Link to Article
What are the clinical signs of Theileria parva infection? Link to Article


Tissue Cyst Forming Coccidia

Question Answer Article
What are the two main species of Neospora of veterinary interest and which animals do they affect? Link to Article
How long is the prepatent period of Neospora? Link to Article
What are the clinical signs of Neospora infections in dogs? Link to Article
What are the clinical signs of Neospora infections in cattle? Link to Article
What are the clinical signs of Neospora infections in horses? Link to Article
How many intermediate and final hosts does Sarcocystis have? Link to Article
True or False: Sarcocystis infections are mainly asymptomatic Link to Article
What is Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis? Link to Article
What is the most pathogenic species of Toxoplasma? Link to Article
True or False: The life cycle of Toxoplasma is direct Link to Article
Describe the acute phase of Toxoplasma infections Link to Article
Describe the chronic phase of Toxoplasma infections Link to Article
How can Toxoplasma infections be prevented? Link to Article


Tropical Protozoa

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What species transmits Leishmania? Link to Article
Which cells are Leishmania species intracellular parasites of? Link to Article
What are the clinical signs of Leishmania infections? Link to Article
How can you treat and prevent Leishmania infections? Link to Article
Which diseases so Trypanosome species cause in cattle and in humans? Link to Article
Fill in the missing words about trypanosoma infections?

Salivarian trypanosome species multiply in the ??? and ??? of ???. This is also known as ??? development. Stercorian trypanosome species multiply in the ??? of ??? bugs, keds and ???. This is also known as ??? development.

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What are the general clinical signs of trypanosoma infections? Link to Article
How are trypanosoma infections diagnosed? Link to Article


Other Important Protozoa

Question Answer Article
What is Balantidium and where is it found? Link to Article
How would you diagnose Cyclospora infections? Link to Article
How can Entamoeba cause abcesses in the liver? Link to Article
What disease does Histomonas meleagridis cause and in which species? Link to Article
In which caecal nematode worm is H. meleagridis carried? Link to Article
What are the clinical signs of H. meleagridis infections? Link to Article
What are the clinical signs of Microsporidia infections? Link to Article
How is Tritrichomonas foetus transmitted? Link to Article
Where is Tritrichomonas foetus found in cattle? Link to Article