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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]]
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| | *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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