| Literature DB >> 14630429 |
M Hässig1, H Sager, K Reitt, D Ziegler, D Strabel, B Gottstein.
Abstract
Neospora caninum was detected by means of PCR in the brain of 4 out of 20 aborted fetuses in a flock of 117 sheep exhibiting a persistent abortion problem, and N. caninum tissue cysts were furthermore found in encephalitic lesions in one of the PCR-positive fetuses. Toxoplasma gondii was detected as aborting agent in another 3 out of 20 fetuses. Antibodies to N. caninum (by indirect fluorescence antibody test (IFAT)) were found in 10.3% of 117 ewes and antibodies for T. gondii were found in 97.4% of 117 ewes. Other organisms associated with abortion were Chlamydia psittaci in three fetuses and Pasteurella multocida in one fetus. This is the first report of N. caninum associated abortion in naturally infected sheep.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID： 14630429 DOI： 10.1016/j.vetpar.2003.07.029
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Vet Parasitol ISSN： 0304-4017 Impact factor: 2.738