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| **In cattle, vertical transmission occurs | | **In cattle, vertical transmission occurs |
| ***Post-natal infection occurs but is less common | | ***Post-natal infection occurs but is less common |
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| + | *''Neospora caninum'' in [[Parasitic Myositis#Protozoa|myositis]] |
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| '''Pathogenesis''' | | '''Pathogenesis''' |
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| <big> | | <big> |
| '''[[Neosporosis - Dog|Dog Neosporosis]] | | '''[[Neosporosis - Dog|Dog Neosporosis]] |
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| + | '''[[Neosporosis - Cattle|Cattle Neosporosis]] |
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| + | '''[[Neosporosis - Horse|Horse Neosporosis]] |
| + | </big> |
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− | *Cattle | + | *''N. caninum'' |
− | **Commonest cause of infectious abortion in dairy cattle | + | **Necrotising inflammation of muscles |
− | **Congenitally infected calves can have encephalomyelitis and paresis | + | **Myositis more severe than in toxoplasmosis |
− | **Abortion usually occurs between 5-7 months of gestation but can occur as early as 3 months
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− | **No other clinical signs in the cow
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− | **Repeat abortions possible in same cow (persistently infected)
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− | '''Prevention and Control'''
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− | *Do not allow dogs access to calving cows, placental membranes and aborted or dead calves
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− | *Do not allow dogs to defecate in cattle feeding areas
| + | ''N. caninum'' - A disease of cattle with late abortion of mummified or autolysed foetus. May also get foetal malformation, e.g. arthrogryposis. |
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− | *Identify and cull seropositive cattle, or do not breed from them or their progeny
| + | ==Test yourself with the Tissue Cyst Forming Coccidian Flashcards== |
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− | *Select seronegative cattle for breeding
| + | [[Tissue_Cyst_Forming_Coccidian_Flashcards|Tissue Cyst Forming Coccidian Flashcards]] |
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− | *Vaccinate
| + | [[Category:Tissue Cyst Forming Coccidia]] |
− | **Only in the USA
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− | **Neoguard or Intervet
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− | **Killed protozoal vaccine for healthy, pregnant cows
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− | **Dosed in first 3 weeks of pregnancy and then every 3-4 weeks during gestation
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− | **Revaccination with 2 doses during each subsequent pregnancy[[Category:Tissue Cyst Foming Coccidia]]
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− | *Horses
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− | **Myeloencephalitis
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− | **Transplacental infection occurs
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− | **Disease only diagnosed in USA
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− | *''Neospora caninum'' in [[Muscles Inflammatory - Pathology#Protozoa|myositis]]
| + | [[Category:To_Do_-_Parasites]] |