Neospora caninum is a protozoan parasite of animals. Until 1988, it was misidentified as
Toxoplasma gondii. Since its first recognition in dogs in 1984 and the description of the new …

The protozoan parasite Neospora caninum is a major pathogen of cattle and dogs, being a
significant cause of abortion in cattle in many countries. It is one of the most efficiently …

Key features: Written by the scientist who named this parasite and was the first to set up
proper diagnostic techniques Serves as the first ever book to provide information on the …

A recent analysis estimated that neosporosis costs the US dairy industry $546 million and
the beef industry $111 million per year. 1 Worldwide, neosporosis ranks among the most …

A standard field trial was carried out to assess the effect of a commercial Neospora-vaccine
based on whole killed tachyzoites (Bovilis–Neoguard, Intervet®) on the abortion rate. Eight …

A clinical trial was undertaken to assess the efficacy of Bovilis® Neoguard, a killed
Neospora caninum tachyzoite vaccine on 5 commercial dairy farms in New Zealand with a …

A cross-sectional study was used to test the relationship between herd seroprevalence to
Neospora caninum and various potential herd-level risk factors in 60 dairy farms located in …

Neospora caninum is transmitted either transplacentally or horizontally by ingestion of tissue
cysts present in tissues or oocysts shed by dogs. Neosporosis is a significant disease …

In this long-term study, the changes in within-herd Neospora caninum seroprevalences and
the relative importance of horizontal and vertical parasite transmission in Swedish dairy …

Ninety-six of 108 randomly selected Dutch dairy herds had one or more cows with a positive
serostatus for N. caninum. In these 96 herds, we have quantified the probabilities of vertical …