Image Database: Toxoplasmosis

Additional Resources:
Toxoplasmosis Factsheet


View Larger Picture		 Photo #: TXP_001
Description:
Cat, lungs. All lung lobes are noncollapsed, reddened and contain disseminated pinpoint to 2 mm diameter pale foci (interstitial pneumonia).
Credit: AFIP
   

View Larger Image		 Photo #: TXP_002
Description:
Cat, transtracheal aspirate. This transtracheal aspirate fluid contains macophages with intracytoplasmic Toxoplasma gondii.
Credit: Dr. C. Andreasen, Iowa State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Veterinary Pathology
   

View Larger Image		 Photo #: TXP_003
Description:
Sheep, placenta. This cotyledon has been immersed in water to demonstrate numerous pale foci of villous mineralization and necrosis.
Credit: AFIP
   

View Larger Image		 Photo #: TXP_004
Description:
Dog, brain. Mesencephalon of the brain with a centralized brown round lesion of encephalomalacia and necrosis, and ventrally located smaller similar lesions.
Credit: AFIP
   

View Larger Image		 Photo #: TXP_005
Description:
Dog, lungs. Diffuse white military pulmonary lesions due to Toxoplasma gondii.
Credit: AFIP

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These images were annotated by Dr. Steve Sorden and funding was provided by a USDA Higher Education Challenge Grant in collaboration with the Iowa State University Department of Veterinary Pathology, Center for Food Security and Public Health, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, and Plum Island Animal Disease Center.