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Protozoa Flashcards

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Protozoa

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Single celled euk organism with complex subcellular organisation that can live EC and IC with direct or indirect lifecycle and arthropod borne lifecycles
Can cause death or prod loss
Some are zoonotic

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Protozoa sub groups

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Rhizopod
Ciliate
Flagelate
Sporozoan

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Rhizopod

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Amoeba like
Move using pseudopodia
EC 
Feed by phagocytosis
Cycle between trophozoite and cyst forms
Mainly asexual repro binary fission
Direct lifecycle
Entamoeba histolytica
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Ciliate

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Move using cilia
EC
Feed on particulate matter using a specialised invagination of the cell mem (cytosome)
Cycle between trophozoite and cyst form
Repro asexually binary fission and sexually
Direct lifecycle
Balantidium coli

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Flagellate

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Move using one to five flagella
Feed by taking up soluble nutrients through CM
Most cycle between trophozoite and cyst form
Mainly asexual repro binary fission
Most EC ( a few IC living in macro)
Trypanosoma
Leishmania
Giarda
Histomonas
Tritrichomonas
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Sporozoan

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No obvious locomotion
Complex grp mainly IC with distinct phases of asex and sec repro within host to give several morphologically distinct forms during their lifecycle
Asex repro is complex involving shizogeny
Sex repro invovles fusion of dissimilar gametes to give an oocyst
Direct and indirect lifecycle
Eimeria
Toxoplasma
Crypto
Babesia
Theileria
Plasmodium
Sarcocystis
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Shizogeny

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Asexual repro involving multinuclear division

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Direct lifecycle (monoxenous)

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Life cycle in single host
Alternate between trophozoite and cyst stages
Assoc with body systems that have easy external access eg GIT or repro tract
Either EC in lumen of hollow organs where theyre usually motile or IC with EC stages for propagtion and infection within or between hosts
Dis assoc with conditions giving rise to high no of infective forms in enviro esp in intensive prod system or areas where animals congregate in large nos so high contam level
So to control red stocking density to red level of enviro cyst contam
Improve enviro hygiene to reduce infective challenge

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Cyst/oocyst

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Repro stage
Enviro res 
Able to survive outside host
And are infective
Shed into enviro
Infective stage
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Trophozoite

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Feeding stage

In host

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EC monoxenous

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Rel large motile protozoa
Usually cycling between trophozoite and cyst forms eg in gut; entamoeba, balantidium, giarda, trichomonas
Eg in repro syst
Trichomonas foetus
Trypanosoma equiperdum
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Entamoeba

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Rhizopod
Esp affect dogs esp puppies
Triphozoite in gut
Cysts passed out with faeces to infect other dogs

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Balantidium

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Ciliate
Affects pigs
Zoonotic
Trophozoite in gut
Cysts passed out with faeces to infect other pigs
Only cause dis in v large no
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Giarda

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Flagellate
Cause severe dis in young dogs and cats
Tropjozoite in guy
Cysts passed in faeces
Zoonotic but role of dog form unclear
Easily dispersed in water by wild animals
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Trichomonas

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Flagellate
Cause severe dis in birds
Oesophageal and intestinal forms of dis
Cyst stage is undescribed
Contam on water supply from crop milk often source of infect
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Trichomonas foetus

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Flagellate
Vagina of cattle and migrate to uterus to cause abortion
Controlled by resticting breeding to uninfected animals

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Trypanosoma equiperdum

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Flagellate parasite related to pathogenic vector borne trypanosomes
Causes venereally transmitted dis dourine in donkeys and horses
Result in infertility
Only ND UK protozoan parasite with statutory testing regime
Controlled by restricting breeding to uninfected animals

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IC monoxenous (gut dwelling coccidia)

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Wode range of hosts species
Significant economic importance to poultry and livestock industry
V small so can parasite host cells
Mainly parasite of digestive system

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Coccidian protozoa

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IC and found in a parasitophorous vacuole

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Coccidia cycle

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Oocyst break down within gut lumen releasing sporozoites which enter host cells by invagination of cell mem within which the sporozoites become physical and then grow in parasitophorous vacuole
Multiply by schizogony producing many merozoites in the schizont
Cell ruptures and merozoites are released into the gut where they enter fresh host cells and undego more cycles dep on species of schizogeny
Some enter cells and become multinucleate microgametocytes which give rise to many flagellate microgametes
Cell ruptures and microgametes released into gut
Some merozoites enter cells and grow without division to become macrohametocytes amd mature to become macrogametes
Micro and macrogamete fusion to prod a zygote that secr a protective coating and becomes an oocyst that is released in the faeces
Oocyte dev 4 sporoblasts (in eimeria)
That dev into 4 sporocysts each cont 2 sporozoites

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Eimeria

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Main coccidiosis cause worldwide
Key in intensive poultry and farmed rabbit units
Seasonally important in lambs and calves
High host and site specificity

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Poultry coccidiosis

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Caecal coccidiosis caused mainly by eimeria tenella
Intestinal coccidiosis caused by infection with one or more of 5 species
Control based on good hygiene, medicated feed, treatment of affected birds with drugs, use of att live vacc in geed or water
Shizogeny causes hypertrophy
17 species

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Ovine coccidiosis

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Usually weakened lambs 4-8wk
11 species but 2 highly pathogenic
All affect small intestinefirst infected by oocytes passed by chronically infected adults and then go on to prod large oocyst no that infect other lambs

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Caprine coccidiosis

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9 species but only 4 highly patjogenic
All affect small intestine
Effects of poor hygiene

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Bovine coccidiosis

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Usually affect animal less than a yr old
Unhygienic enviro eg around water trough
13 species only 3 patjogenic
Infect caecum and colon

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Rabbit coccidiosis

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Only prob in intensive prod syst
3 pathogenic species
One affects bile ducts (sporozoites emerge from S intestine and migrate to liver via lymph vessels cause merogeny of epi in bile ducts) and 2 affect the intestine
Wild rabbits act as source of infection for free range farmed rabbits

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Isospora

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Differ from eimeria as have 2 sporocysts each containing 4 sporozoites
Infect cats dogs and pigs mainly
Extra intestinal stages can occur in liver spleen and lymph nodes
Rodents can ingest oocytes and become infected with asex stages acting as reservoirs
Isually non patjogenic but high level can cause diarrhoea esp in young aanimals
Main importance is that their oocytes may be confused with Toxoplasma and other protozoa of zoonotic importance

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Crypto

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Key patjogen of young animals esp calves
Key cause of human food poisoning from faecal contam of meat and water source contam
Esp nasty in imm suppressed individuals eg AIDs sufferers

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Crypto parvum

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Sporozoites invade microbillois brush border of enterocytes
Dev at jctn between microbillous brush border and cyto of gut epi cells
Trophozoites rapidly differentiate to form meronts with 4-8 merozoites
Gametogeny follows after one or two meront generation
Prod v small sporulated oocysts (inmediately infective) within 72hrs of infection
Most passed in faeces but some release sporozoites in intestine initiating another asex repro cycle

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Indirect lifecycle protozoa

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All belong to coccidia
Alternating sex asex cycles with oocyst formation
Involve definitive and intermed host
Predator prey relationship
Dev of definitive host usually ltd to gut producing oocysts that infect the intermediate host
Dev in intermediate host initially in gut followed by extensive tissue migration involving tachyzoites and finally resulting in tissue cysts containing bradyzoites which are infective form for definitive host
Key due to abortion and foetal abnormalities in cattle sheep and humans
Cause neurological dis in dogs
Lead to need for slaughterhouse condemnation of meat carcasses
Sarcocysistis
Toxoplasma
Neospora caninum

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T gondii

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Infect and survive in warm bloods
Cause many clinical signs in diff host species and with diff strains
Esp important because of sheep abortion and as human public health concern
Cats are definitive hist and mice are natural prey intermediate
Sheep and humans affected as accidental dead end hosts
Can complete cycle in absence of intermediate host
Both intermed and defin host can dev bradyzoite cysts in them and both can be infected by oocysts

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Lifecycle mouse t gondii

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Mice ingest oocytes released by cats
Released sporozoites invade gut macrophages and multiply giving rise to tachyzoites
Tachyzoites invade other gut macros or are carried in blood to other sites eg lymph where they form bradyzoite cysts and bradyzoites temain in tissue cyst until ingested by cat

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T gondii infection spreadg

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Can spread vert in micr

Bradyzoite cysts in brain disrupt normal cat avoidance behaviour incr parasite transmission chances

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Lifecycle cat t gondii

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Bradyzoites freed from tissue cyst by proteolytic enz in cats GITnthen pass through several stages before gametogeny begins in s intest epi
Resultant oocytes discharged into intest lumen and passed in faeces
Lifecycle complete in 3-10 d of bradyzoite infect
Oocysts passed unsporulated and after 24hr cont 2 sporocysts each cont 4 sporozoites

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Abortion die to t gondii

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Ingestion of oocyte by prey result in cyst form in muscle

In preg sheep tachyzoites migrate to uterus or placenta and can cause foetal abortion or death

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T gondii epidemiology

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Cats infected by eating infected mice or uncooked meat cont bradyzoite cysts and pass in faeces
Shed for 8d before cat become immune so most infect pass unnoticed in cat (clinical dis usually due to overwhelming tachyzoite migr to cns and other major organs)
Young cats hunting for first time are important in epidemiology of sheep and recrudescence of infect when older cats are stressed or have another disease
Sheep ingest oocysts off pasture bedding or feed contam with cat faeces

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T gondii sheep cycle

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Tachyzoites released from ingested oocyst penetrate cells and multiply asex until cell ruptures, further parasitise host cells
Sheep dev hist immunity EC parasite elim and IC tachyzoite multiplication slows as they form bradyzoites in tissue cysts
Afterward sheep maintain a strong lifelong immunity while parasite survives as bradyzoite for lifetime of host
In non preg for tissue cyst in m or brain and cause no sympt
In baive preg ewes parasite multiply in placenta

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Eqe t gondii infect when preg outcome

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Infect during early preg can cause embryonic death and resorption - may present as barren ewe problem
During mid preg mag result in foetal death and mummification or foetal retardation due to compromised placental nutrition and foetal infection
Late preg can cause freshly dead aborted lamvs or weakly lambs eith high neonatal mortality rates
Litter mates may be affected to diff degrees combo of outcomes usually in an affected flock
Aborted ewe remain clinically normal and some not diagnosed until lambing when IDed as barren
Late lambs aborted in various decomposotion stages and placenta often autolytic having grossly visible small white focal areas of necrosis and calcification
Highest abortion rate inewe lambs and gimmers in endemically infevted flock woth no control measures if naive flock similar prevalence im all age groups

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Alternative t gondii lifecycle

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Ingestion of oocytes by prey animals incl sheep can result in bradyzoite cyst form in m which if uncooked can be source of infect for carnivores incl humans
Ingestion of bradyzoite cysts amd oocysts by non feline carnivores can lead to tachyzoite migration and formation of bradyzoite cysts in various body systems causing abortion bisusal disturbance amd neurological signs

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Precautions against human t gondii

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Wash hands before eating
After cleaning cat litter tray and clean daily because then insufficient time for oocyst sporulation
wash veg and fruit
Wask utensils in hot soapy water
Cook meat fully
Pregnant and imm compr people be v careful

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T gondii affecting sea lions

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Cat litter flushed into sewers sp oocysts reach sea via freshwater outflow
Heaviest sea otter infection near urban areas on californian coast
New bill passed to protect t gondii contam of oceans

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Ovine imm resp to t gondii

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IFN gamma
CD4 and 8 + t cells (key to control 1o infection)
Secondary challenge imm resp effectively blocks dissem of parasite via lymph and circ

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T gondii inpork

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High prevalence of tissue cysts in pig m
Human risk if pork undercooked
Encouraging work on vacc piglets with some tachyzoites

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Neopspora caninum

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Similar to t gondii in bio
Dog defin hist
Cattle intened hist
Cause dairy cattle abortion
Tachy and bradyzoites can dev in both hists
Transplacental route of infection common for cattle by oocyte ingestion by dam or bradyzoite cyst react by pregnancy

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Sarcocystis

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V common in livestock but dis only seen sporadically in sheep
Diff species have diff spec host pairings
Dog sheep
Cat sheep
Dog goat

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Sarcocystis cycle

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Sheep ingest sporocyst from feed or contam pasture
Sporozoites released and invade endo cells of gut capil
Asex repro period in gut epi parasites enter circ blood lymphocytes and carried to m or nervous tissue and then penetrate cells
Tachyzoites divide rapidly within m or n cells and form IC cysts (sarcocysts) filled with many bradyzoites
Defin host ingests part of int host cont sarcocysts and bradyzoites are released into gut
Bradyzoite invade sub epi lam prop cells - differentiate into gametes and following fertilisation give rise to thin walled oocysts passed out in faeces
Oocysts are passed sporulated and cont 2 sporocysts each with 4 bradyzoites

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Sarcocystis clin signs

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Rarely seen in defin host except occassional diarrhoea after large oocyst no ingestion
Sarcocysts arising from oocysts in dog faeces found in heart an skel m of most sheep in UK
Outbreaks of clin dis only occur under unusual circumstance when enviro challenge is v high
Satcocystis infect of multi organs can cause dysfx and even death and in brain and spinal cord can cause vague neurological dis incl generalised tremors compulsive nibbling recumbenct and thoracic and pelvic limb paralysis commonly in 6-12mnth old lambs
Sarcocysts from oocysts in cat faeces cause large obvious thick cysts in tongue and oesophageal m

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