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>>Have tested three times now Positive for Isospora Protazoa and cannot locate frequency for this critter anywhere.>>

I stumbled upon this while looking up stuff on sarcocystis parasites.

(Newport's scriipt for sarcocystis/vit d derivative/retro viruses/thyroid toxin)
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Coccidiosis is often times a problem with calves too. I didn't know that things already in the doctrine are coccidial type infections, including sarcocystis, toxoplasmosis, and cryptosporidium. Sarcocystis frequencies hit me hard when I first started running them.

http://maxshouse.com/Parasites_Internal.htm

"Feline coccidia include the genera: Toxoplasma, Hammondia, Sarcocystis, Isospora (also called Cystoisospora), Besnoitia, and Cryptosporidium. They belong to the phylum Apicomplexa, class Sporozoasida, order Eucoccidiordia."

Coccidiosis (Isospora and Sarcocystis species) is an enteric infection, traditionally associated with Isospora canis (dogs) and Isospora felis (cats) as potential pathogens. Other species of Isospora may be present. Strictly host specific, i.e., no cross-transmission.

Coccidia is one of the most commonly seen parasites in cats, and is most common in young kittens and more likely to be seen where conditions of poor sanitation, stress and crowding exist. Several references in veterinary literature suggest that almost every cat will become infected by coccidia at some point in their life. Cats acquire the parasite by ingesting any source that has been contaminated by infected cat feces or by ingestion of infected rodents or other meat sources. These organisms reproduce themselves inside the lining cells of the intestinal tract. As the new organisms emerge from these host cells, the intestinal cell is killed in the process. The life cycle of Coccidia takes only a few hours to a few days and new organisms are again passed in the feces. This cycle is the major cause of re-infection which may appear as a persistent infection.

Infected cats may exhibit weight loss, weakness, dehydration and diarrhea with possibly blood and/or mucus being present. Kittens, immunocompromised or otherwise weakened cats will have more severe symptoms. Older and otherwise healthy cats may exhibit no symptoms whatsoever.


Until 1970, little was known of the coccidia of cats. After the discovery of the coccidian phase of Toxoplasma gondii in the feces of cats, it was found not only that feline coccidia can infect many nonfeline hosts, but that some of them are zoonotic.

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Feline coccidia include the genera: Toxoplasma, Hammondia, Sarcocystis, Isospora (also called Cystoisospora), Besnoitia, and Cryptosporidium. They belong to the phylum Apicomplexa, class Sporozoasida, order Eucoccidiordia. Although there are numerous species of feline coccidia, to facilitate discussion they are arranged into four groups

Group A
Isospora felis
Isospora rivolta
Hammondia pardalis

Group B
Toxoplasma gondii
Hammondia hammondi
Besnoitia wallacei
Besnoitia darlingi

Group C
Sarcocystis spp

Group D
Cryptosporidium spp