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. 2017 Feb 17:324–411.e1. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-323-35775-3.00007-2

Figure 7-125.

Figure 7-125

Multifocal Proliferative Enteritis, Small Intestine, Goat.

Proliferative nodules (also see Fig. 7-129) in the small intestinal mucosa are characteristic of ovine and caprine coccidiosis. Sporozoites and merozoites infect enterocytes and replicate, stimulating hyperplasia of enterocytes.

(Courtesy Dr. H. Gelberg, College of Veterinary Medicine, Oregon State University.)