Cryptosporidium

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  • Created by: Z0ology
  • Created on: 30-09-22 09:32

1. The parasite is protected by an *blank* that allows it to survive outside the body for long periods of time and makes it very tolerant to *blank* disinfection

  • outershell, chlorine
  • hard cell wall, chemical
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2. why is it an important veterinary disease

  • Particularly important pathogen of pigs
  • Particularly important pathogen of cattle
  • Particularly important pathogen of sheep

3. what disease does cryptosporidium cause

  • cryptosporidiosis
  • giardiasis
  • malaria
  • toxoplasmosis

4. why are they a successful parasite

  • live in an intracellular, but extracytoplasmic location so are "protected" by the normal factors that the host cell would normally use to control intracellular pathogens
  • They are able to survive in external environment
  • There structure helps protect them

5. This protozoan parasite infects *blank* of the host

  • kidney
  • gall bladder
  • intestine
  • Liver

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