Neosporosis - Dog

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Description

Signalment

Diagnosis

Clinical Signs

  • Ascending paralysis
  • Muscle atrophy
  • Rigid limbs, affecting hind limbs more than forelimbs


    • Occurs mainly in puppies
    • Causes ascending paralysis, especially of hind limbs, with muscle wasting
    • Causes sudden collapse due to myocarditis
    • More than 1 puppy in a litter may be affected, although this may not occur simultaneously
    • Successive litters affected

Treatment

Prognosis

References