Apicomplexa (Eimeria, Isospora) Flashcards
2 classes of Subphylum apicomplexa
conoidasida, aconoidasida
2 sporozoites having conoids
Gregarines, coccidians
2 sporozoites lacking conoids
Plasmodia, Piroplasms
truncated cone of spirally arranged fibrillar structures with role in invasion of hosts
conoids
What are the three parasites under Class Aconoidasida
Babesia, Theileria, Plasmodium
Families of Order Coccidia
Eimeriidae, Cryptosporiidae, Sarcocystiidae, Klossiellidae, Heatozoidae, Lankesterellidae
Families of Order Haemospororida
Family Plasmodiidae
Families of Order Piroplasmorida
Babesiidae, Theileriidae
What is the functional unit of coccidian ontogeny
zoite
sausage shaped cells which is the infective stage
sporozoites
undergo merogonic development inside the enterocytes
trophozoites
3 phases of Eimeria life cycle
Merogony, Gametogony, Sporogony
released outside the enterocytes to invade other enterocytes or develop into gametes
merozoites
once sporozoites invade the epithelial cell of intestines, they become rounded and become
trophozoites
it represents the beginning and end point of every coccidian life cycle
zoite
trophozoite will then divide into a number of elongated nucleated merozoites, collectively known as?
meront
sporulation takes how many days and in what temperate conditions
1 to days, 21 to 32 degree celcius
During sporogony, after the division of nucleus the protoplasm forms these bodies that surrounds each nucleus budding off from the central core
conical bodies
nucleus and conical body together forms
sporoblasts
Coccidian oocysts are resistant to some disinfectants but killed by
freezing, high environmental temperatures
affects young animals associated with gastrointestinal disturbances which may vary from catarrhal to hemorrhagic diarrhea to no manifestation at all
coccidiosis
It affects terminal ileum, cecum, and colon of young cattle with permanent stuntedness in animals that survived severe illness
Bovine coccidiosis
etiologic agent of Equine coccidiosis which affects small intestine of horse and donke
Eimeria leuckarti
It occurs to mainly newborn piglets aged 3-21 days with persistent yellow white diarrhea but rarely bloody. Affected parts are jejunum and ileum
Pig coccidiosis (Eimeria spp., Isospora suis)
serve as intermediate hosts to important coccidia
Carnivores (non-pathogenic to dogs and cats)