I found some coccidia (parasitic, apicomplexan protozoa) in the stool of a cat with chronic diarrhea of ~8 years duration. We recommended testing the other cat in the household, and he was also infected.
Cystoisospora felis (aka., feline coccidia) unsporulated oocyst found in the fecal flotation of a cat with chronic diarrhea, 400x magnification, 20 μm scale bar:
Cystoisospora felis (aka., feline coccidia) unsporulated oocyst found in the fecal flotation of a cat with chronic diarrhea, 1,000x magnification, 10 μm scale bar, stack of 9 exposures:
For more images, see: http://www.veterinaryparasitology.com/c ... spora.html
Parasitic Protozoan Oocyst
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8 years! Poor cat. I hope it's cured now. Nice photos.
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Bonjour
Belle images
Et j’espère que le chat ira mieux
Cordialement seb
Belle images
Et j’espère que le chat ira mieux
Cordialement seb
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Beautiful image of the oocyte!
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coominya wrote:8 years! Poor cat. I hope it's cured now. Nice photos.
vasselle wrote:Bonjour
Belle images
Et j’espère que le chat ira mieux
Cordialement seb
Thank you for the compliments coominya, vasselle, and PNWmossnerd!PNWmossnerd wrote:Beautiful image of the oocyte!