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'''Pathogenesis'''
 
'''Pathogenesis'''
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'''[[Neosporosis - Dog|Dog Neosporosis]]
 
'''[[Neosporosis - Dog|Dog Neosporosis]]
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'''[[Neosporosis - Cattle|Cattle Neosporosis]]
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*Cattle
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**Commonest cause of infectious abortion in dairy cattle
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**Congenitally infected calves can have encephalomyelitis and paresis
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**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
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*Identify and cull seropositive cattle, or do not breed from them or their progeny
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*Select seronegative cattle for breeding
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*Vaccinate
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**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]]
   
*Horses
 
*Horses
 
**Myeloencephalitis
 
**Myeloencephalitis
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*''Neospora caninum'' in [[Muscles Inflammatory - Pathology#Protozoa|myositis]]
 
*''Neospora caninum'' in [[Muscles Inflammatory - Pathology#Protozoa|myositis]]
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[[Category:Tissue Cyst Foming Coccidia]]
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