Small intestine of a sheep showing numerous white nodules or foci of coccidial parasites
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The small intestines are unopened. The numerous white foci, 1-2 mm in diameter each comprise an area in the mucosa where there is a severe infection of epithelial cells. The reddened, hyperaemic intestinal wall indicates that an acute inflammatory process is also present.
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Metadata assigned by Prof. R.C. Tustin, Professor Emeritus: DVTD. His academic and professional experience includes: veterinarian for 54 years,
senior lecturer at UP for 7 years, head of Department at UP for 17 years and Veterinary Council for 3 years.
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Colour photos. Photo 1: Original document size: (w)6.99 x (h)4.62 cm. ((w)1650 x (h)1091 pix). Original scanned size: 359 kb JPEG, 600 dpi. Final web-ready size: 48.75 kb. Estimate download time: 18 sec. @ 28.8 kbps. Photo 2: Original document size: (w)7 x (h)4.64 cm. ((w)1653 x (h)1096 pix). Original scanned size: 152 kb JPEG, 600 dpi. Final web-ready size: 21.33 kb. Estimate download time: 8 sec. @ 28.8 kbps. Original TIFF file housed at the Dept. Veterinary Tropical Diseases, University of Pretoria.
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Sheep, Small intestine, Foci, Coccidia, Epithelial cells, Mucosa