Cystiosospora spp. common name
coccidia
Direct life cycle
NOT zoonotic
Cystiosospora spp.
A serious disease in cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, poultry, and dogs
- Seldom seen in cats and horses
Diagnosis of Cystiosospora spp.
fecal float
Cystiosospora lives where in host
Will late dormant in transport hosts and will only start life cycle once in host
Live inside intestine
Eimeria spp.
coccidia
Direct life cycle
Zoonotic risk = low-none
Eimeria spp. SHEEP
- ovinoidalis
- ovina
- ahsata
Eimeria GOATs
arloingi and ninakohliyakimovae
Eimeria CATTLE
MOST pathogenic
- bovis
- zurnii
- Auburnesis and alabamensis
Eimeria HORSES
Eimeria leuckarti
Eimeria PIGS
E. scabra and E. deblieki
Eimeria RABBITS
E. stiedae
Eimeria chickens
tenella and necatrix
Eimeria turkeys
adenoides and meleagridis
Eimeria geese
truncata
Klossiella equi
Horses - found in renal tract
***no known disease
ALSO SEEN IN bats and marsupials
Cryptosporidium spp.
Coccidia
Direct lifecycle
- causes enterocolitis
HIGH ZOONOTIC RISK
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