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- Fever
- Depression
- Weight loss
- Muscle atrophy
- Soreness
- Stiffness
- Eye discharge
- Bloody diarrhea
- Joint pain
- Generalized pain (hyperesthesia)
- Found throughout Southern Europe, Africa, the Middle East, India, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands
- Recently cases have also been diagnosed in North America
- This disease is caused by the protozoa Hepatozoon canis and transmitted by the brown dog tick
- Found most commonly in the southern United States with isolated cases occurring in some northern states
- It is caused by the protozoa Hepatozoon americanum and transmitted by the Gulf Coast tick as well as a paratenic host
- Ingestion of an infected tick
- Ingestion of prey carrying an infected tick in the fur
- Ingestion of a paratenic host carrying dormant cysts (ACH)
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