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 …

Neospora caninum is a coccidian parasite of animals. It is a major pathogen for cattle and
dogs and it occasionally causes clinical infections in horses, goats, sheep, and deer …

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 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 …

The accurate and prompt diagnosis of infectious abortions in a herd requires cooperation
between the herd veterinarian and a veterinary diagnostic laboratory; working together, with …

An experiment was carried out to determine whether bovine colostrum or placenta could be
a source of infection of Neosporacaninum for dogs. For this purpose, two dogs were fed …

Necropsies were performed on 354 fetuses from dairy and beef herds submitted from 1994
to 2000 to the diagnostic laboratories at Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria …

Neosporosis is caused by the protozoan parasite, Neospora caninum. Until 1988, N
caninum was confused with a closely related parasite, Toxoplasma gondii [1, 2]. Since its …

Neospora caninum (N. caninum) is one of the causative agents that causing cattle abortion,
and severe economic losses. Due to the scarcity of data on N. caninum infection in Egyptian …

A round table was conducted at the VIIIth International Coccidiosis Conference on Neospora
diagnosis with particular emphasis on strategies to diagnose bovine abortion. The strength …