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Coccidiosis

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Coccidiosis is a parasitic disease of the intestinal tract of animals caused by coccidian protozoa. [1]

46 relations: Amprolium, Asymptomatic, Besnoitia, Blood, Canidae, Canine distemper, Carnivore, Cat, Cattle, Central nervous system, Clindamycin, Coccidia, Cryptosporidiosis, Cryptosporidium, Cryptosporidium hominis, Cryptosporidium muris, Cryptosporidium parvum, Cyst, Diarrhea, Dog, Eimeria, Feces, Feline leukemia virus, Hammondia, Hepatozoon, HIV/AIDS, Host (biology), Immunodeficiency, Isospora, Livestock, Microscopy, Mucus, Neospora, Neospora caninum, Opossum, Parasitic disease, Poultry, Protozoa, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, Sarcocystis, Sulfonamide (medicine), Toltrazuril, Toxoplasma gondii, Toxoplasmosis, Uveitis, Zoonosis.

Amprolium

Amprolium is the organic compound sold as a coccidiostat used in poultry.

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Asymptomatic

In medicine, a disease is considered asymptomatic if a patient is a carrier for a disease or infection but experiences no symptoms.

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Besnoitia

Besnoitia is a genus of Apicomplexan parasites.

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Blood

Blood is a body fluid in humans and other animals that delivers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells and transports metabolic waste products away from those same cells.

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Canidae

The biological family Canidae (from Latin, canis, “dog”) is a lineage of carnivorans that includes domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, foxes, jackals, dingoes, and many other extant and extinct dog-like mammals.

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Canine distemper

Canine distemper (sometimes termed hardpad disease) is a viral disease that affects a wide variety of animal families, including domestic and wild species of dogs, coyotes, foxes, pandas, wolves, ferrets, skunks, raccoons, and large cats, as well as pinnipeds, some primates, and a variety of other species.

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Carnivore

A carnivore, meaning "meat eater" (Latin, caro, genitive carnis, meaning "meat" or "flesh" and vorare meaning "to devour"), is an organism that derives its energy and nutrient requirements from a diet consisting mainly or exclusively of animal tissue, whether through predation or scavenging.

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Cat

The domestic cat (Felis silvestris catus or Felis catus) is a small, typically furry, carnivorous mammal.

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Cattle

Cattle—colloquially cows—are the most common type of large domesticated ungulates.

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Central nervous system

The central nervous system (CNS) is the part of the nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord.

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Clindamycin

Clindamycin is an antibiotic useful for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections.

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Coccidia

Coccidia (Coccidiasina) are a subclass of microscopic, spore-forming, single-celled obligate intracellular parasites belonging to the apicomplexan class Conoidasida.

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Cryptosporidiosis

Cryptosporidiosis, also known as crypto, is a parasitic disease caused by Cryptosporidium, a genus of protozoan parasites in the phylum Apicomplexa.

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Cryptosporidium

Cryptosporidium is a genus of apicomplexan parasitic alveolates that can cause a respiratory and gastrointestinal illness (cryptosporidiosis) that primarily involves watery diarrhea (intestinal cryptosporidiosis) with or without a persistent cough (respiratory cryptosporidiosis) in both immunocompetent and immunodeficient humans.

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Cryptosporidium hominis

Cryptosporidium hominis, along with Cryptosporidium parvum, is among the medically important Cryptosporidium species.

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Cryptosporidium muris

Cryptosporidium muris is a species of coccidium, first isolated from the gastric glands of the common mouse.

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Cryptosporidium parvum

Cryptosporidium parvum is one of several species that cause cryptosporidiosis, a parasitic disease of the mammalian intestinal tract.

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Cyst

A cyst is a closed sac, having a distinct membrane and division compared with the nearby tissue.

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Diarrhea

Diarrhea, also spelled diarrhoea, is the condition of having at least three loose or liquid bowel movements each day.

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Dog

The domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris when considered a subspecies of the gray wolf or Canis familiaris when considered a distinct species) is a member of the genus Canis (canines), which forms part of the wolf-like canids, and is the most widely abundant terrestrial carnivore.

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Eimeria

Eimeria is a genus of apicomplexan parasites that includes various species capable of causing the disease coccidiosis in animals such as cattle, poultry, and smaller ruminants including sheep and goats.

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Feces

Feces (or faeces) are the solid or semisolid remains of the food that could not be digested in the small intestine.

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Feline leukemia virus

Feline leukemia virus (FeLV) is a retrovirus that infects cats.

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Hammondia

Hammondia is a genus of parasitic alveolates in the phylum Apicomplexa.

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Hepatozoon

Hepatozoon is a genus of Apicomplexa alveolates which incorporates over 300 species obligate intraerythrocytic parasites.

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HIV/AIDS

Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

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Host (biology)

In biology and medicine, a host is an organism that harbours a parasitic, a mutualistic, or a commensalist guest (symbiont), the guest typically being provided with nourishment and shelter.

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Immunodeficiency

Immunodeficiency (or immune deficiency) is a state in which the immune system's ability to fight infectious disease and cancer is compromised or entirely absent.

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Isospora

Isospora is a genus of internal parasites classified under Coccidia.

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Livestock

Livestock are domesticated animals raised in an agricultural setting to produce labor and commodities such as meat, eggs, milk, fur, leather, and wool.

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Microscopy

Microscopy is the technical field of using microscopes to view objects and areas of objects that cannot be seen with the naked eye (objects that are not within the resolution range of the normal eye).

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Mucus

Mucus is a slippery aqueous secretion produced by, and covering, mucous membranes.

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Neospora

Neospora is a single celled parasite of livestock and companion animals.

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Neospora caninum

Neospora caninum is a coccidian parasite that was identified as a species in 1988.

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Opossum

The opossum is a marsupial of the order Didelphimorphia endemic to the Americas.

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Parasitic disease

A parasitic disease, also known as parasitosis, is an infectious disease caused or transmitted by a parasite.

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Poultry

Poultry are domesticated birds kept by humans for their eggs, their meat or their feathers.

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Protozoa

Protozoa (also protozoan, plural protozoans) is an informal term for single-celled eukaryotes, either free-living or parasitic, which feed on organic matter such as other microorganisms or organic tissues and debris.

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Rhipicephalus sanguineus

The brown dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus), commonly called kennel tick, or pan-tropical dog tick, is a species of tick which is found worldwide, but more commonly in warmer climates.

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Sarcocystis

Sarcocystis is a genus of parasites, the majority of species infecting mammals, and some infecting reptiles and birds.

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Sulfonamide (medicine)

Sulfonamide (also called sulphonamide, sulfa drugs or sulpha drugs) is the basis of several groups of drugs.

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Toltrazuril

Toltrazuril is a coccidiostat.

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Toxoplasma gondii

Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular, parasitic alveolate that causes the disease toxoplasmosis.

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Toxoplasmosis

Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic disease caused by Toxoplasma gondii.

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Uveitis

Uveitis is the inflammation of the uvea, the pigmented layer that lies between the inner retina and the outer fibrous layer composed of the sclera and cornea.

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Zoonosis

Zoonoses are infectious diseases that can be transmitted between animals and humans.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coccidiosis

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