There is no prospective study from Iran to estimate the direct risk of Neospora caninum for pregnancy loss or reproductive factors. In addition, there is no report in the literature concerning the association of N. caninum with dystocia and sex of calves. Therefore, this study was conducted on a group of dairy cows in a large intensive production system during 2011 to 2013 in southern Iran to e...

The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of anti-Neospora caninum antibodies and risk factors associated with seropositivity in 240 dogs from rural areas of the Lavras, Belo Horizonte and Nanuque regions, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The indirect fluorescence antibody test (IFAT) with a cutoff of 50 was used to assess the frequency of seropositive dogs. The risk factor analysis wa...

BACKGROUND Neospora caninum is considered one of the major causes of repeated abortions in livestock. This study aimed to determine the seropositivity to N. caninum using indirect ELISA and the influence of the infection on the occurrence of abortions in selected dairy herd in Slovakia. METHOD Blood samples were obtained from 490 cattle over a period of two years and were tested for N. caninu...

Neospora caninum is the etiologic agent of bovine neosporosis, which affects the reproductive performance of cattle worldwide. The transmembrane protein, NcSRS2, and dense-granule protein, NcGRA7, were identified as protective antigens based on their ability to induce significant protective immune responses in murine neosporosis models. In the current study, NcSRS2 and NcGRA7 genes were spliced...

Considering the scarce information on occurrences of Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum in domestic animals from Turkey, the aim of this study was to investigate the seroprevalence of these parasite infections in cattle, horses, sheep, goats and dogs in Turkey. The specific antibodies against T. gondii and N. caninum were detected by iELISAs based on the recombinant TgSAG2 or NcSAG1 in a to...

Bovine neosporosis caused by the apicomplexan protozoan parasite N. caninum, was initially recognized in 1989 and is now reported as a leading infectious cause of reproductive failure in dairy cattle in world wide. The aim of this study was to determine the seroprevalence of N. caninum infection in industrial dairy cattle of Hamedan province (west of Iran) by ELISA method. Blood samples were co...

Background: Neosporosis is a parasitic disease caused by Neospora caninum. This parasite an obligate intracellular coccidia similar to Toxoplasma gondii with global distribution. With regard the experimental studies, vertical transmission of in monkey (non-human primates) has increased concern about zoonotic potential this disease. The principal aim current research was perform mini-review on i...

20 Presence of Neospora caninum DNA was detected in the brain and spinal cord of an adult 21 Merino sheep suspected of dying with non-suppurative meningoencephalitis due to 22 neosporosis. As this was the first known occurrence of disease in sheep in Australia caused 23

BACKGROUND Caprine besnoitiosis is an economically important disease of goats. Neospora caninum, another coccidian parasite of worldwide distribution, infects several animal species and is a major cause of abortion in cattle. Combined infections of N. caninum and Besnoitia caprae can occur in geographical areas endemic for both species of parasite in goats. This experiment was conducted to inve...

ABsTRAcr. Neospora c'aninum is a recognized protozoan parasite of a wjde range of marnmalian hosts, and was reported for the first time in 1988. The isolation f its oocysts in deg's faeces in 1998 led to its establishment as a parasitic species undergoing typical coccidian life cycle, Infection with N, caninum causes paralysis and death in young liyestock and companion animals, and is associate...