CYSTOISOSPORA CANIS NEMESERI, 1959 (SYN. ISOSPORA CANIS), INFECTIONS IN DOGS: CLINICAL SIGNS, PATHOGENESIS, AND REPRODUCIBLE CLINICAL DISEASE IN BEAGLE DOGS FED OOCYSTS.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Mitchell, Sheila M.; Zajac, Anne M.; Charles, Sam; Duncan, Robert B.; Lindsay, David S.
- Source
- Journal of Parasitology; Apr2007, Vol. 93 Issue 2, p345-352, 8p, 2 Black and White Photographs, 6 Charts
- Subject
- COCCIDIA
PIT bull terriers
COCCIDIOSIS in animals
VETERINARY protozoology
TERRIERS
DIARRHEA in animals
DISEASES
- Language
- ISSN
- 00223395
The article explores the pathogenicity of an isolate of Cystoisospora canis obtained from pit bull puppies. Two dogs exhibiting clinical coccidiosis were examined at necropsy 10 days after infection. Developmental stages of C. canis were present in cells in the lamina propria throughout the small intestine in both dogs. Results of bacterial and viral examinations of these two dogs were negative, suggesting that intestinal coccidiosis was the cause of the diarrhea.