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Stillborn calves can be born from infected dams and congenitally infected calves may be  born with encephalomyelitis. Abortion usually occurs between 5-7 months of gestation but can occur as early as 3 months.
 
Stillborn calves can be born from infected dams and congenitally infected calves may be  born with encephalomyelitis. Abortion usually occurs between 5-7 months of gestation but can occur as early as 3 months.
Most cases of infection occur via vertical transmission however animals can become infected from their mothers milk, by eating food and water contaminated with dog feces containing neospora caninum oocysts, or from cow to cow.
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Most cases of infection occur via vertical transmission however animals can become infected from their mothers milk, by eating food and water contaminated with dog faeces containing '''Neospora caninum'' oocysts, or from cow to cow.
    
==Signalment==
 
==Signalment==
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