Not exact matches
Several eukaryotic
parasites form cysts that transmit infection.
Once a giardia
cyst makes its way to your dog's small intestine, it opens to release the active
form of the
parasite.
Some
parasites migrate to other tissues to
form cysts, and others remain in the intestines to produce oocysts.
The oocysts then hatch in the animal, travel through the intestine and migrate into the muscle where the
parasite forms cysts.
Dogs become infected with those
parasites by eating fish that are infected with the
cyst form of the worm.
They are more likely than dogs to continue to shed
parasite eggs in their stool and for the
parasites to continue to live in their intestines rather than
form dormant
cysts in other tissues.
These nasty organisms are transmitted when a
form of the
parasite called the
cyst is shed in one animal's stool and consumed by another dog or cat.
Once a Giardia
cyst is ingested by a dog, it makes its way to the dog's small intestine, where it opens up and releases the active
form of the
parasite which attaches itself to the intestinal wall and begins to reproduce by cell division.