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Title: NEOSPOROSIS: A NEWLY RECOGNIZED PROTOZOAN DISEASE SIMILAR TO TOXOPLASMOSIS

Author
item Dubey, Jitender

Submitted to: Infectious Diseases of Dogs and Cats
Publication Type: Review Article
Publication Acceptance Date: 1/7/1999
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Neospora caninum is a single celled parasite of livestock and companion animals. It can cause abortion in livestock and paralysis in companion animals. Dogs are the reservoir hosts for this parasite and excrete the resistant stage (oocyst) in feces. This review summarizes current information on the life cycle and biology of N. caninum.