Neosporosis in dairy cattle: An update from an epidemiological perspective

Our understanding of the epidemiology of bovine neosporosis is advancing rapidly with considerable research activity being facilitated by improving methods. The dynamics of the infection in the known definitive hosts, the dog and the coyote, are being described. Improved procedures for production of...

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Published in:Theriogenology 2006-08, Vol.66 (3), p.629-632
Main Author: Gay, John M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abortion
Abortion, Veterinary - epidemiology
Abortion, Veterinary - parasitology
Animals
Cattle
Cattle Diseases - epidemiology
Cattle Diseases - parasitology
Coccidiosis - complications
Coccidiosis - epidemiology
Coccidiosis - veterinary
Dairy cattle
Female
Fetal Death - parasitology
Fetal loss
Neospora caninum
Neosporosis
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic - epidemiology
Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic - parasitology
Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic - veterinary
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Summary:Our understanding of the epidemiology of bovine neosporosis is advancing rapidly with considerable research activity being facilitated by improving methods. The dynamics of the infection in the known definitive hosts, the dog and the coyote, are being described. Improved procedures for production of oocysts enables the horizontal transmission to intermediate hosts and the subsequent more natural infection process to be studied. Details of the sylvatic cycles, potentially involving other animals in the dairy environment, are also emerging.
ISSN:0093-691X
1879-3231
DOI:10.1016/j.theriogenology.2006.04.009