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 cause of abortion in cattle. The
diagnosis of neosporosis-associated mortality and abortion in cattle is difficult. In the present …

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 …

The aim of the present systematic review and meta-analysis was to identify the main
infectious agents related to bovine abortion worldwide in the period between 2000 and …

Herd, within-herd and animal prevalences for Neospora caninum in beef and dairy cattle
were compared between four countries. In randomly selected herds from regions of …

Background Neospora caninum (N. caninum) is known to be a major cause of reproductive
failure in cattle herds around the world. Therefore, the current comprehensive study was …

Toxoplasmosis and neosporosis are closely related protozoan diseases that lead to
important economic impacts in farm ruminants. Toxoplasma gondii infection mainly causes …

Neospora caninum has been detected only sporadically in cases of ovine abortion, and it
has therefore traditionally been considered as an unimportant parasite in small ruminants …

Neospora caninum and Toxoplasma gondii are closely related intracellular protozoan
parasites associated with bovine and ovine abortion respectively. Little is known about the …

Attempts were made to isolate Neospora caninum from naturally infected water buffaloes
(Bubalus bubalis) from Brazil. Brains from six buffaloes with indirect fluorescent antibodies …