Sentences with phrase «called oocysts»

Cats are the only known host in which this parasite reproduces; cats shed the parasites» eggs, called oocysts, in their feces.

Coccidia are shed in an infected dog's feces in a protected form called an oocyst, which is resistant to damage and can survive in the environment for extended periods of time.

Cats are the only animals that shed this ineffective stage of this protozoan called an oocyst.

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(This process, called «shedding oocysts,» typically occurs only once during a cat's lifetime, and lasts only about a week.