Bovine abortions associated with Neospora in Denmark

During recent years protozoa of the Neospora genus have been identified as a major cause of bovine abortions world wide ( Barr et al. 1991, Mcintosh & Haines 1994, Thornton et al. 1991, Yaeger et al. 1994). A presumptive diagnosis of Neospora abortion can be made on the foetal histopathology as...

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Published in:Acta veterinaria scandinavica 1994-01, Vol.35 (4), p.461-464
Main Authors: Agerholm, J S, Barr, B C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
abortion
Abortion, Veterinary - epidemiology
Abortion, Veterinary - parasitology
aborto
Animals
avortement
bovin
Brain - embryology
Brain - parasitology
Brief Communication
Cattle
Cattle Diseases - epidemiology
Cattle Diseases - parasitology
Coccidiosis - epidemiology
Coccidiosis - parasitology
Coccidiosis - veterinary
danemark
denmark
Denmark - epidemiology
diagnosis
diagnostic
diagnostico
dinamarca
epidemiologia
epidemiologie
epidemiology
Female
foetal death
ganado bovino
histopathologie
histopathology
histopatologia
mort du foetus
muerte fetal
neospora
Neospora - isolation & purification
Pregnancy
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Summary:During recent years protozoa of the Neospora genus have been identified as a major cause of bovine abortions world wide ( Barr et al. 1991, Mcintosh & Haines 1994, Thornton et al. 1991, Yaeger et al. 1994). A presumptive diagnosis of Neospora abortion can be made on the foetal histopathology as infected foetuses have a distinctive pattern of multifocal necrotizing and non-suppurative encephalitis often with an accompanying nonsuppurative myocarditis and a varying degree of focal inflammation in other organs ( Barr et al. 1990, Thornton et al. 1991). However, confirming the diagnosis of Neospora abortion requires detection of protozoa in foetal tissues that react positively by immunohistochemistry with Neospora specific antisera ( Barr et al. 1990, 1991).
ISSN:0044-605X
1751-0147
1751-0147
DOI:10.1186/BF03548325