Sentences with phrase «ingest oocysts»
Dogs that ingest the oocysts can become infected once the sporulateed oocysts mature in the dog's intestine
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Dogs can also become infected by eating other animals, such as mice, that have ingested the oocysts.
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Humans can become infected after unintentionally ingesting the microscopic oocysts, primarily from not their washing hands after cleaning a cat's litter box or working in a garden with contaminated soil.
The eggs, or oocysts, are ingested by rodents, birds and other ground - feeding mammals, such as sheep, cattle, goats and pigs, which then migrate to the brain and muscle tissue.
After ingesting an infectious dose of Cryptosporidium oocysts, symptoms could appear within three weeks and can include a brief bout with diarrhea.
Protozoan species of the genus Cryptosporidium, such as Cryptosporidium hominis and C. parvum, can cause diarrhea in human hosts who have ingested as few as 10 microscopic oocysts (egglike structures that are made of chitin, the same protein that forms the exoskeletons of ants and other insects) contained in feces or contaminated water.