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

Toxoplasma gondii, Neospora spp., Sarcocystis spp., Hammondia spp. and Besnoitia
besnoiti are genetically related cyst-forming coccidia. Serology is frequently used for the …

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 …

Bovine neosporosis control programs are currently based on herd management and
serodiagnosis because effective treatments and vaccines are unavailable. Although a wide …

The protozoan Neospora caninum is a primary infectious cause of abortion in cattle that
causes significant economic losses worldwide. Because effective vaccines and licensed …

The Nc-Spain 7 isolate of Neospora caninum, which was newly obtained from an
asymptomatic congenitally infected calf, demonstrated a similar virulence as Nc-1 strain in …

Neosporosis is the major infectious cause of abortion and reproductive losses in cattle
worldwide; however, there are no available vaccines or drugs to control this disease …

We carried out an inter-laboratory trial to compare the serological tests commonly used for
the detection of specific Neospora caninum antibodies in cattle in Ibero-American countries …

Previous studies on drug efficacy showed low protection against abortion and vertical
transmission of Toxoplasma gondii in pregnant sheep. Bumped kinase inhibitors (BKIs) …

In order to investigate the pathogenesis of neosporosis following a primary infection in late
pregnancy, cattle were subcutaneously challenged with 5× 10 8 Neospora caninum (NC1 …