Fatal congenital Neospora caninum infection in a lamb |
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| Authors: | J P Dubey W J Hartley D S Lindsay M J Topper |
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| Institution: | U.S. Department of Agriculture, Livestock and Poultry Sciences Institute, Beltsville, Maryland 20705. |
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| Abstract: | Neospora caninum tissue cysts were found in the brain and spinal cord of a 1-wk-old lamb that was unable to stand after birth. The lamb was originally diagnosed as having toxoplasmosis, but ultrastructural and immunohistochemical techniques used in the present study permitted a definitive diagnosis of Neospora caninum tissue cysts in the brain and spinal cord of this lamb. This is the first report of N. caninum in sheep. |
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