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 …

Humans become infected with Toxoplasma gondii mainly by ingesting uncooked meat
containing viable tissue cysts or by ingesting food or water contaminated with oocysts from …

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 …

During 2011, faeces from 235 owned domestic cats from a rural area in western Hungary
were examined using standard coproscopical techniques. The overall prevalence of cats …

Background Albania is a country on the western part of the Balkan Peninsula. The
Mediterranean climate is favourable for the stable development of many arthropod species …

Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) is considered as one of the most successful parasites in the
world. This success is first illustrated by its worldwide distribution, from arctic to hot desert …

Purpose Neosporosis is an important widespread parasitic infection caused by N. caninum.
It infects a wide range of warm-blooded animals as intermediate hosts and dogs as the …

Simple Summary Diseases caused by parasites have introduced serious threats to human
health and the development of animal husbandry in the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau Area …

Felines are the key species in the epidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii infection, as they are
the definitive host of the parasite and are the only species that can shed resistant oocysts in …

Felids are important in the epidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii infection because they are
the only hosts that can excrete environmentally resistant oocysts. Antibodies to T. gondii and …