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Neospora |
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Neospora closely resembles Toxoplasma; canids are definitive hosts; ruminants, horses, pigs and other animals are intermediate hosts; causes ascending paralysis in puppies, calves, abortion in cattle and occasionally equine protozoal myeloencephalitis. Includes N. caninum. Neospora abortion N. caninum is a major cause of abortion in cattle, worldwide, and to a lesser extent sheep and horses. Infection of cattle is persistent and lifelong, and vertical infection results in abortion in some pregnancies producing a syndrome of sporadic endemic abortion in a herd that has infected female cattle. Epidemic abortion occurs with point source infection from dog feces in naïve herds. Calves infected while in-utero may die and be aborted, may be born with neurological disease, but commonly are born clinically normal, but infected and may themselves subsequently abort their calves when pregnant. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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